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on May 24, 2022 at 8:06 pm

... in the Marriot Mena House Hotel at the Pyramids Plateau in Giza. During their two-day stay in Egypt, WADA officials were accompanied by ...

on May 24, 2022 at 5:23 pm

A rider on camelback surveys the steep-sided pyramids of Mero in Sudan. ... These once-thriving cities, located in present-day Egypt, Sudan, ...

on May 24, 2022 at 3:28 pm

That is why the pyramids serve as a testament for ancient Egyptian's wealth of ... Sakkara pyramid Egypt burial site during the Old Kingdom ...

on May 24, 2022 at 11:31 am

The Mayans are famous for building elaborate ceremonial palaces, temple pyramids and astronomical observatories, as well as decorating their teeth ...

on May 24, 2022 at 11:00 am

... in the unique architecture of the pyramid-shaped temple of Kukulkan, ... The Abu Simbel Temples is one of Egypt's most popular attractions ...

on May 24, 2022 at 9:24 am

Related: What did ancient Egypt's pharaohs stash inside the pyramids? Archaeologists found nearly 50 colorful vultures on the ceiling of the ...

on May 24, 2022 at 8:29 am

7. TP Mazembe (DR Congo) 7. Zamalek SC (Egypt) -2 9. Pyramids FC (Egypt) +2 10. Etioile du Sahel (Tunisia) 10. Orlando Pirates (South Africa) +12.

on May 24, 2022 at 12:08 am

Egypt Cup 2021 has been put on hold for almost a year due to an overwhelming schedule. Zamalek will have to wait for its rival as Ahly, Pyramids FC, ...

on May 23, 2022 at 9:09 pm

Zamalek will have to wait for its rival as Ahly, Pyramids FC, Petrojet and Enppi are still competing in the quarter finals. (For more sports news and ...

on May 23, 2022 at 12:49 am

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by Patrick J. Kiger on May 19, 2022 at 7:50 pm

Since colonial times, when fishermen, bakers, refuse collectors and tailors tried to get more money or fairer treatment by refusing to perform their jobs, going on strike has been an important tactic […]

by History.com Editors on May 18, 2022 at 7:21 pm

Henry Kissinger, the nation’s 56th secretary of state, played a key role in influencing U.S. foreign policy on a global stage. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his part in trying to […]

on May 18, 2022 at 6:25 pm

An ancient pharaoh is credited with the construction of the Abu Rawash and the Great Pyramid—both are considered to be engineering marvels, in this clip.Continue reading

by Minhae Shim Roth on May 18, 2022 at 2:41 pm

In 1974, Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant in his early 20s, was accused and wrongfully convicted of a gangland murder in San Francisco’s Chinatown and sentenced to life in prison. In 1977, […]

by Christopher Klein on May 18, 2022 at 2:36 pm

More than two years before German tanks blitzed Poland and four years before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, what some historians consider the start of World War II occurred in China in 1937. The […]

on May 14, 2022 at 8:02 am

A big question facing the NASA team planning the Apollo 11 moon landing was what would the moon’s surface be like—would the lander’s legs touch down on firm ground, or sink into […]

on May 13, 2022 at 11:20 pm

Timeline of the 1969 Moon Landing. At 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, with the world watching, Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Center with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael ...

by Christopher Klein on May 13, 2022 at 11:03 pm

The slaughter of some 300 Lakota men, women and children by U.S. Army troops in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre marked a tragic coda to decades of violent confrontations between the United States and […]

by Aaron Randle on May 13, 2022 at 9:31 pm

Jack Daniel’s stands as one of the most iconic American brands and most popular spirits in the world. Yet while the whiskey and its eponymous founder have become dominant names in American […]

by Becky Little on May 13, 2022 at 8:39 pm

Las Vegas was a small railroad town when Nevada formally established it in 1905. Five years after its founding, the U.S. census recorded only 800 residents. Yet by the 1950s, it was known as a […]

by Greg Daugherty on May 13, 2022 at 8:33 pm

Anthony Comstock knew obscenity when he saw it, and the famous anti-vice crusader saw it everywhere. From the 1870s into the early 20th century, the dry goods salesman-turned-self-appointed-censor […]

by Becky Little on May 13, 2022 at 8:10 pm

When James Buchanan gave his inaugural address on March 4, 1857, he was remarkably optimistic that the United States’ debate over slavery was about to end. Knowing that the Supreme Court would […]

by Cate Lineberry on May 13, 2022 at 3:00 pm

Two days after Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany, and World War II erupted. Dozens of countries, still recovering from the horrors of World War I, […]

on May 13, 2022 at 9:08 am

The rumors first got traction just a year after the first moon landing, when the Vietnam War had led millions of Americans to question their government. A July1970 poll found 30% of Americans ...

on May 13, 2022 at 4:22 am

An interactive experience recreating the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in real time. Includes period photographs and video clips.

on May 13, 2022 at 3:10 am

Before touching down, the three men split up. Collins boarded Apollo 11’s command module, the Columbia, where he would remain in orbit around the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin boarded Apollo […]

on May 12, 2022 at 10:09 pm

The Moon Landing takes place within the historical, social, and cultural framework of the Sixties, specifically the period from 1962, President Kennedy's speech at Rice University, to 1972, the year […]

by Iván Román on May 12, 2022 at 8:46 pm

It remains one of the most mythologized images of the Spanish-American war: Theodore Roosevelt charging on horseback, leading his Rough Rider volunteers up Cuba’s San Juan Hill through the […]

by Patrick J. Kiger on May 12, 2022 at 5:06 pm

In November 1945, just a few months after atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, U.S. military leaders began planning additional […]

by Dave Roos on May 11, 2022 at 10:34 pm

Executive orders aren’t mentioned once in the U.S. Constitution, but presidents starting with George Washington have used executive orders and proclamations in order to bypass Congress and […]

on May 11, 2022 at 7:40 pm

It is only seven months since NASA's made a bold decision to send Apollo 8 all the way to the moon on the first manned flight of the massive Saturn V rocket. Now, on the morning of July 16, Apollo 11 […]

by Tony Tekaroniake Evans on May 11, 2022 at 5:45 pm

Theodore Roosevelt is known as the “conservation president” for his undaunted efforts, at the dawn of the 20th century, to shield wildlife and public lands from development. His efforts […]

on May 10, 2022 at 10:23 am

A seemingly absurd question, books and articles, and films created by theorists who believe in the moon landing hoax helped not only give legs to a far-fetched theory, but also give it sustaining […]

by Jessica Pearce Rotondi on May 9, 2022 at 2:36 pm

As advisor to President John F. Kennedy, then national security advisor (1969-75) and secretary of state (1973-77) to President Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger was responsible for making major […]

by Farrell Evans on May 9, 2022 at 2:26 pm

Madame Stephanie St. Clair was a Harlem entrepreneur with a head for numbers and a skill for minting cash—even during the Great Depression. But like most African Americans in the early 20th […]

by Dave Roos on May 9, 2022 at 12:54 pm

When the Supreme Court of the United States agrees to hear a case, the only part of the process that’s open to the public are the oral arguments. The rest of the deliberations happen behind […]

on May 9, 2022 at 3:58 am

Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."-----💎Sig...

by Kelli Y. Nakamura on May 5, 2022 at 5:44 pm

More than 60 years after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, Hawaii (Native spelling: Hawaiʻi) officially became America’s 50th state on August 21, 1959. The cluster of islands, […]

by Becky Little on May 5, 2022 at 5:10 pm

When Theodore Roosevelt succeeded William McKinley as president in 1901, he was aware that America was in a different international position than it had been just a few years earlier. The United […]

by Christopher Klein on May 3, 2022 at 7:21 pm

A family fortune, beloved father and determination to overcome childhood infirmities set young Theodore Roosevelt on course to become the 26th president of the United States. Born into one of New […]

by Minhae Shim Roth on May 3, 2022 at 3:26 pm

The Golden Age of Hollywood, also known as Classical Hollywood or Old Hollywood, spanned the decades between 1910 and 1960 and typically featured white movie stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey […]

by Patrick J. Kiger on May 3, 2022 at 1:17 pm

In September 1941, German forces invading the Soviet Union took the city of Kyiv, in what is now the nation of Ukraine, and soon afterward perpetrated one of the most horrific acts of genocide in […]

by History.com Editors on April 29, 2022 at 7:37 pm

On May 10, 2002, Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who intermittently sold state secrets to Russia over the course of two decades, receives his sentencing for espionage: life in prison without the […]

by History.com Editors on April 29, 2022 at 7:00 pm

On September 12, 2009, thousands of protesters participate in the “Taxpayer March on Washington,” one of the earliest and biggest Tea Party movement events. Marchers in the nation’s […]

by History.com Editors on April 29, 2022 at 6:01 pm

On August 6, 1996, NASA and Stanford researchers announce they have found signs of Martian life in a meteorite discovered 12 years earlier in Allan Hills, Antarctica, causing a worldwide sensation. […]

by History.com Editors on April 29, 2022 at 5:54 pm

On July 15, 1978, the “Longest Walk”—a 2,800-mile trek for Native American justice that had started with several hundred marchers in California—ends in Washington, D.C., […]

by History.com Editors on April 29, 2022 at 5:48 pm

On June 24, 1973, an arson fire at the UpStairs Lounge, a popular gathering spot for New Orleans' LGBT community in the French Quarter, results in 32 deaths and at least 15 injuries. At the time, it […]

by History.com Editors on April 29, 2022 at 5:44 pm

On July 4, 1965, more than two dozen LGBT activists demonstrate in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia in one of the earliest gay rights demonstrations in the United States. The […]

by Mitchell T. Maki on April 29, 2022 at 4:55 pm

In 1941, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government, citing “military necessity,” imprisoned some 120,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II. […]

by Christopher Klein on April 29, 2022 at 3:59 pm

Before becoming the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. cut his political teeth in his boisterous home state of New York—maneuvering his way from the state assembly to […]

by Farrell Evans on April 27, 2022 at 10:04 pm

Sixty-three years before Jackie Robinson became the first African American in the modern era to play in a Major League Baseball game, Moses Fleetwood Walker debuted in the league on May 1, 1884 with […]

by Farrell Evans on April 27, 2022 at 10:04 pm

Sixty-three years before Jackie Robinson became the first African American in the modern era to play in a Major League Baseball game, Moses Fleetwood Walker debuted in the league on May 1, 1884 with […]

by Dave Roos on April 27, 2022 at 4:50 pm

When the Allies celebrated Victory in Europe (VE) Day on May 8, 1945, the British military commander Bernard Law Montgomery cautioned his troops, “We have won the German war. Let us now win the […]

by Kieran Mulvaney on April 26, 2022 at 7:35 pm

Scientists first began to study climate change 200 years ago, but most of the events and discoveries that have driven conversation about the planet’s temperature came in more recent years. Here […]

by Cate Lineberry on April 25, 2022 at 6:47 pm

Fifty years after the break-in and burglary of the Democratic National Headquarters at Watergate, it is still regarded as one of the biggest political controversies of all time. And one […]

by John Banks on April 22, 2022 at 8:10 pm

The origins of ice hockey may date to stick-and-ball games played during the Middle Ages or even ancient Greece and Egypt. Some believe the game evolved from the ancient Irish game of hurling. But […]

by Cate Lineberry on April 20, 2022 at 5:21 pm

When Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published in September 1962, she was already a celebrated American biologist and author best known for her trilogy of lyrical books on the ocean. But […]

by History.com Editors on April 20, 2022 at 4:48 pm

On November 28, 1973, approximately 2,000 Detroit auto workers, led by Arab Americans, walk off their jobs at Chrysler’s Dodge Main plant, demanding that the leadership of their union, the […]

by Dave Roos on April 20, 2022 at 4:14 pm

By the mid-1930s, the rise of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party in Germany threatened to engulf Europe into another world war. The United States, meanwhile, had taken an isolationist turn, with […]

by History.com Editors on April 20, 2022 at 4:08 pm

On January 3, 1959, George A. Kasem takes office in the U.S. House of Representatives for California’s 25th District, making history as the first Arab American Congressperson. Kasem, who is of […]

by History.com Editors on April 20, 2022 at 4:06 pm

On January 3, 1973, James Abourezk, a Congressperson representing South Dakota’s 2nd District, takes office in his newly elected role in the U.S. Senate, once again representing his home state. […]

by History.com Editors on April 20, 2022 at 4:02 pm

On September 23, 1923, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, a Romantic book of prose poetry centered on a prophet who shares wisdom about family, work, death, love and freedom, is published. It sold […]

by Missy Sullivan on April 14, 2022 at 9:14 pm

When Jackie Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, he not only broke the color barrier in major league baseball. He was signaling to the nation—on one […]

by Melinda Beck on April 14, 2022 at 5:41 pm

Generations of Americans assume that Al Capone was responsible for the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the execution-style slaying of seven associates of rival mobster George "Bugs" Moran in a Chicago […]

by Becky Little on April 12, 2022 at 6:28 pm

What does it mean for a disease to be “endemic”? It doesn’t mean the disease disappeared. When epidemiologists use the word “endemic,” they mean that a disease is […]

by Fred Frommer on April 11, 2022 at 4:22 pm

Before becoming one of the most famous fascists of the 20th century, Benito Mussolini was a young socialist, but he split with the movement and then rode a wave of anti-socialist violence to […]

by Lesley Kennedy on April 8, 2022 at 9:03 pm

The religious holiday of Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as described in the Bible's New Testament. Although it is observed as the holiest day by both Christians and Orthodox […]

by Patrick J. Kiger on April 6, 2022 at 2:51 pm

The ancient Greeks, who staged the first formal Olympic Games in 776 B.C., gave the world the idea of organized big-time sports events as entertainment for arenas full of spectators. More than that, […]

by Becky Little on April 5, 2022 at 7:02 pm

The American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783 was not an isolated incident. Rather, the war was the first in a series of revolutions in Europe and the Americas that lasted into the mid-19th […]

by History.com Editors on April 5, 2022 at 4:32 pm

The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907-08 was an informal arrangement between the United States and Japan to ease growing tensions between the two countries, particularly pertaining to immigration. It […]

by History.com Editors on April 5, 2022 at 4:18 pm

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month) is an annual celebration that recognizes the historical and cultural contributions of individuals and groups of Asian and […]

by Sarah Pruitt on April 4, 2022 at 10:14 pm

Theodore Roosevelt is in many ways an unlikely feminist hero. Throughout his life and career, he embodied and celebrated a robust, distinctly masculine lifestyle: hunting on his ranch in North […]

by Dave Roos on April 4, 2022 at 3:21 pm

The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first armed conflict of the Cold War era, and historians agree that communist North Korea would not have invaded South Korea in 1950 without the approval of Joseph […]

by Elizabeth Yuko on March 31, 2022 at 1:28 pm

While Americans born in or with ancestral ties to Arab countries have made countless significant scientific, medical and engineering contributions, most have never made it into record books. From […]

by Farrell Evans on March 30, 2022 at 1:54 pm

On March 6, 1457, King James II, who was the King of Scots from 1437 until his death in 1460, in an Act of Parliament banned citizens from playing football and golf. Scotsmen had allegedly been […]

by Jessica Pearce Rotondi on March 29, 2022 at 10:53 pm

When Wally Amos founded Famous Amos cookies in 1975, the brand became one of the most unlikely success stories in food history. And the rise and fall of Wally Amos became one of its most infamous […]

by Suzanne McGee on March 29, 2022 at 10:20 pm

As the Soviet Union's primary secret intelligence agency during the Cold War, the KGB gained notoriety for its widespread global espionage. But the organization—and its communist-era […]

by History.com Editors on March 28, 2022 at 7:38 pm

Deeply in debt and relegated to a shabby theater, the musical Shuffle Along debuts at the Sixty-Third Street Music Hall on May 23, 1921. The odds are stacked against the revue-style show, written and […]

by Patrick J. Kiger on March 28, 2022 at 5:54 pm

In ancient Rome, a city known for its spectacular and violent entertainment, there was one sport that was even more popular than gladiator fights. Chariot racing, staged at the massive Circus Maximus […]

by Anne Keene on March 28, 2022 at 5:54 pm

Before people typed addresses into Google maps, travelers charted their course by the sun and moon and other celestial bodies. When radios failed, and bad weather rolled in, the celestial […]

by Jesse Greenspan on March 28, 2022 at 1:44 pm

For nearly as long as there has been war, attempts have been made to govern its conduct. However, it took until the 20th century for the legal concept of a “war crime” to come into being. […]

by Jessica Pearce Rotondi on March 23, 2022 at 7:01 pm

The meeting of Aztec king Montezuma and Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés on November 8, 1519, is one of the most consequential in history, affecting the welfare, beliefs and culture […]

by Becky Little on March 23, 2022 at 6:57 pm

Arab American communities have a long history in the United States. The diverse group includes anyone who came from or whose prior relatives came from the 22 Arabic-speaking countries in North Africa […]

by Kai Mora on March 23, 2022 at 3:25 pm

From 25 to 21 B.C. Amanirenas, a queen or Kandake of the Kingdom of Kush, managed to do what many male leaders in her time could not: push back a Roman invasion. Under Queen Amanirenas’ […]

by Kai Mora on March 23, 2022 at 3:25 pm

From 25 to 21 B.C. Amanirenas, a queen or Kandake of the Kingdom of Kush, managed to do what many male leaders in her time could not: push back a Roman invasion. Under Queen Amanirenas’ […]

by History.com Editors on March 22, 2022 at 4:13 pm

Celebrating the rich and diverse culture and contributions of the diverse population of Arab Americans, National Arab American Heritage Month has been observed during the month of April since […]

by Farrell Evans on March 22, 2022 at 3:51 pm

As the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall may be the best-known African American judge. Before his appointment to the high court in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, […]

by Christopher Klein on March 17, 2022 at 1:15 pm

Every March 17, the United States becomes an emerald country for a day. Americans wear green clothes and drink green beer. Green milkshakes, bagels and grits appear on menus. In a leprechaun-worthy […]

by Melinda Beck on March 16, 2022 at 5:53 pm

Were there female gladiators in ancient Rome? While sparse, evidence exists in art, laws and written accounts that women did participate in the brutal sport during the late Roman Republic and early […]

by History.com Editors on March 4, 2022 at 4:45 pm

On the afternoon of June 29, 1969, a crowd consisting mostly of Black people from the nearby area packs Harlem’s Mt. Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). Over the course of this afternoon and […]

by History.com Editors on March 4, 2022 at 4:38 pm

On November 25, 1960, a car carrying three Dominican political dissidents, the Mirabal sisters, is stopped as they travel to visit a prison where two of their husbands are being held. Members of the […]

by History.com Editors on March 4, 2022 at 4:33 pm

Early in the morning on June 24, 2021, 98 people die when a 12-story, beachfront condominium building collapses in Surfside, Florida, near Miami. The disaster is one of the worst of its kind in U.S. […]

by History.com Editors on March 4, 2022 at 4:31 pm

On May 2, 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, more than 1,000 Black school children march through the city in a demonstration against segregation. The goal of the non-violent demonstration, which became […]

by History.com Editors on March 4, 2022 at 4:26 pm

On June 1, 2008, a massive, early morning fire at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and studio backlot in Universal City, California destroys a trove of irreplaceable recordings by some of […]

by Jesse Greenspan on February 15, 2022 at 7:20 pm

In some ways, all 46 U.S. presidents have been very much alike. So far they’ve all been men, for one, not lacking in ambition or charisma, and with a certain knack for self-promotion and […]

by History.com Editors on February 15, 2022 at 6:21 pm

One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. Pennsylvania’s capital, Philadelphia, was the site of the first and second […]

by Allie Pitchon on February 8, 2022 at 4:38 pm

Long before—and during— the European colonization of Africa, ancient kingdoms and empires thrived for centuries on the continent. Some were headed by women, including female warriors who […]

by Nicholas Boston on February 3, 2022 at 3:34 pm

The trans-Atlantic slave trade was the capture, forcible transport and sale of native Africans to Europeans for lifelong bondage in the Americas. Lasting from the 16th to 19th centuries, it is […]

by History.com Editors on February 1, 2022 at 3:19 pm

Lunar New Year is one of the most important celebrations of the year among East and Southeast Asian cultures, including Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean communities, among others. The New Year […]

by History.com Editors on January 31, 2022 at 4:35 pm

On February 1, 1960, in Greensboro, North Carolina, four Black college students spark a nationwide civil rights movement by refusing to leave a “whites-only” lunch counter at a popular […]