-
Continue reading →: July 25, 1943: Mussolini Voted Out of Power
On this date 82 years ago, Il Duce Benito Mussolini was voted out of power by his own Grand Council of Fascism. He was then arrested upon…
-
Continue reading →: July 24, 1911: Machu Picchu Rediscovered
On today’s date 114 years ago, American explorer, guided by a farmer, rediscovered Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas. This video is an informative source…
-
Continue reading →: July 23, 1777: French King Louis XVI Provides Assistance to the American Revolution
On this date 248 years ago, King Louis XVI of France agreed to provide the United States with munitions for the American Revolutionary War. In years prior,…
-
Continue reading →: July 22, 1942: 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto Sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp
As a child in the 1980’s, I learned the word ghetto from the Mac Davis composition/Elvis Presley song “In the Ghetto.” Even as a teenager, I believed…
-
Continue reading →: July 21, 1861: First Battle of Bull Run/First Manassas
The First Battle of Bull Run/First Manassas occurred 164 years ago today, several months after shots were fired at Sumter in April 1861. This video is in…
