February 27, 2015 - 4:07 pm in Quick History5 Failed Assassination Attempts on President Lincoln You Didn’t Know About
A few days and a few hundred years ago, one of the most beloved American president barely escaped from an assassination attempt. Nine months later, he wouldn't be so lucky. During (and even before)…
January 29, 2015 - 2:40 pm in Quick HistoryThe Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick
Whaling was a dangerous career, but Herman Melville’s now famous Moby Dick seems to create a version of it that’s beyond belief. Singing whales...sure, but homicidal ones? Only, Melville actually…
December 24, 2014 - 2:41 pm in Quick History“Imitation Game” History – How Mathematician Alan Turing Helped Saved the World.
The newest movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch is called "The Imitation Game." It tells the true story about genius mathematician Alan Turing, who helped break the Nazi Enigma code during WWII.…
October 8, 2014 - 6:30 pm in Quick HistoryEnd of an Era; The Last time We Left Orbit
33 minutes after midnight, a Saturn V rocket carrying the crew of Apollo 17 launched into the night sky. Its liftoff from Kennedy Space Center that night began the last flight of the Apollo era. Mission…
June 3, 2014 - 7:22 pm in Quick HistoryWhy Did These Ladies Want to Kill President Gerald Ford?
When one speaks of controversial Presidents who might get shot, one does not quickly respond with "Gerald Ford." Sure, he immediately followed Richard Nixon's failed presidency and subsequent resignation.…
May 10, 2014 - 3:53 pm in Quick HistoryWhat to Know About The 1970 Shootings at Kent State
The late 60's and early 70's was a tumultuous period of American history to live through. The Cold War, the war in Vietnam, the civil rights movement, and political assassinations provided a perfect…
April 15, 2014 - 3:58 pm in Quick HistoryNixon’s MadMan Theory – So Crazy it Just Might Work. UPDATE: It Didn’t
During the midst of the Cold War, the decades long tension between the US and Russia, President Richard Nixon came up with a foreign policy idea that some would call reckless and others would call...mad.…
April 2, 2014 - 2:33 pm in Quick HistoryThe Man Who Saved the World, Stanislav Petrov
Man's power to destroy the world is a mostly modern capability. In today's age of nuclear weaponry, as a legacy of the Cold War we live with the concept of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) - it's…
March 14, 2014 - 4:19 pm in Quick HistoryThe Crimean War – a 19th Century War That Sounds Terribly Familiar
"Time is a flat circle. Everything we've ever done, or will do, we'll do over again." - True Detectives, HBO That's what I keep thinking as I write this article on the Crimean War. Maybe I've been…
March 4, 2014 - 4:51 pm in Quick HistoryWhat Do You Know About Cuban History?
Looking to travel to the "forbidden" island? Take a few minutes and familiarize yourself with Cuba's rich history before you set off on your journey. Pre-Columbian Prior to Christopher Columbus’…
