This Month in History: January Edition — From Brilliant Sarcophagi to Bloody Sunday
King Tut’s Sarcophagus on display in the Grand Egyptian Museum (Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP/Getty Images). The month of January boasts the dates of many influential historical events. Here’s the story of three of those occasions, now with even more background and exciting details! January 3, 1924 – British Egyptologist Howard Carter found the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in…
This Month in History: November Edition — Cosmonaut Canines, Withering Walls, and Mysterious Masked Men
As the month of November continues, several significant historical events have celebrated and will celebrate their anniversaries. Here are just a few of the hundreds of notable events that have happened in November over the years. November 3, 1957 – Soviet Russia launched the world’s first inhabited space capsule, Sputnik II, which carried a dog…
This Month in History: October Edition – From Attempted Assassinations to Riotous Radio Plays
We’re halfway through the month of October, and we’ve already passed the anniversaries of several notable historical events. Here’s a recap of those significant dates, and some more events that occurred later in this month! October 8, 1871 – The Great Fire of Chicago erupts If you read last month’s edition, you know that a…
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