On this day in 1964 the Warren commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone to kill president John F. Kennedy. On this day in 1998 Mark McGwire hit home runs [...]

In light of the terrible news coming out of New Orleans, did you know that hurricane names often get reused unless the storm causes major damage in which case it gets retired [...]

Ohhhhhh, that actually finally makes some sense. From straightdope.com (through digg.com ) Mainly to continue the tradition of making English as incomprehensible as possible, thereby keeping the spelling bee industry in business. [...]

On this day in 1945 Japan surrendered to Allied forces, bringing World War II to a close. VJ day was then celebrated with a two day holiday starting on August 15th. According [...]

On this day in 1981 Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court. Many on the left are afraid that her resignation this week will allow Bush to pack the [...]

On this day in 1946 the 1st Bikini was shown at a Paris fashion show. French engineer Louis Reard was trying to create some fun after the difficult years of World War [...]

I saw this poster from World War II recently. I was not surprised by the unflattering presentation of the Japanese as that is typical of the posters of the area. We were [...]

The BBC had a chilly “what if” article about a drawing recently uncovered by historians that indicates that Nazi Germany may have been closer to developing its own atomic bomb in World [...]

On this day in history in 1938 Superman was born. That is not to say that today is Clark Kent’s birthday (whenever that may be) but that Superman first appeared in Action [...]

On this day in history in 2004 one of the last widows of a Civil War veteran died. Huh? In 2004? Alberta Martin, 97, one the last known widow of a U.S. [...]