On a beach in Western Australia, a family found a bottle with a surprising secret. It held letters from two soldiers, Malcolm Neville and William Harley, who wrote them in 1916. They were on a ship heading to France for World War I. The letters were cheerful, with Neville telling his mom about the good food and Harley hoping the finder would be well. The bottle didn...
In Los Angeles, two elderly men, Jack Moran and Andrew Roth, shared an emotional embrace. Moran, a former U. S. Army soldier, and Roth, a Holocaust survivor, had a unique connection. Decades ago, Moran helped liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp where Roth was imprisoned. Both men were teenagers during World War II. Moran fought in brutal battles, like the Bat...
The crew of the B-24 bomber Heaven Can Wait faced a tragic end on March 11, 1944. Enemy fire struck the plane near New Guinea, and all 11 men on board were lost. The plane sank deep into the Pacific Ocean, and their remains were considered unrecoverable. However, a dedicated effort by family members and a skilled Navy dive team has finally brought four of these heroe...
Recent collision between an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter in the Potomac River near Washington, D. C. , resulted in no survivors. In the last few decades, events of planes crashing in the United States have become rare. The last severe crash happened in 2009, near Buffalo, New York. Everyone on the Bombardier DHC-8 plane crashed i...
Eighty years ago today, the world saw a glimmer of hope amidst the darkness as Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp in Poland, was liberated. Between 1940 and 1945, over a million people lost their lives here, including Jews, religious leaders, disabled persons, and other innocent victims. This day marks the end of one of history's darkest chapters, where ...
Eighty years ago, on Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated Auschwitz, a death camp in Poland. The camp is infamous for the horrors committed by the Nazis. This year, world leaders are joining about 50 survivors to remember the past and discuss the future. Some of these survivors were children when they arrived at Auschwitz. The camp was part of a huge network of N...
Ever wondered how wage gaps changed over time in ancient China? Let's dive into the story from the Han Dynasty in 202 BCE to the Qing Dynasty in 1912 CE. We'll use historical records of government salaries, prices, and farm productivity to see how much officials and peasants earned. By comparing these earnings, we can measure wage inequality. When we look at the dif...
Did you know that female nurses played a significant role during the American Civil War? But what about after the war ended? This period, known as the postwar period, is often overlooked. It was a time of emotional turmoil and mental adjustment for many people. Let's dive into this lesser-known story. Back then, the idea of "binding up the nation's wounds" became mo...
Imagine this: the year is 1915, and the world is shaken by the news that the British ship Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine. Far away in the city of Pietermaritzburg, which was predominantly British, something unusual started to happen. A new group called the Pietermaritzburg Citizens Vigilance Committee came into existence. Their mission? To keep an eye ...
Peter the Great, the Czar of Russia, made a powerful move by sending a petition to the Orthodox Christians of Venice. This isn't just about religion; it's also about politics. Religion and politics were tightly linked back then, so this wasn't just a religious request. Peter wanted to show support for Orthodox Christians who were living in a Catholic country. Russia...