FDR’s Disastrous 4th Term as President
It was 1945, and the Democratic Party ran Franklin Delano Roosevelt for an unprecedented fourth term in the White House. It was the final...
81 Years Ago, an Atom Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki: Not the Original Target
Eighty-one years ago yesterday, a B-29 bomber dropped a bomb named Fat Man over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The explosion instantly incinerated one...
What You Might Now Know About the Donner Party History
Bill O'Reilly's "Something you did not know."
One hundred and eighty years ago today, a small band of American pioneers became snowbound in the Sierra...
The Truth About the Statue of Liberty’s History
The Statue of Liberty remains a symbol of freedom for people all over the world. The idea began in 1865 when a French nobleman...
The Story of Chief Red Cloud & The Battle of Little Big Horn
On June 25-26, 1876, 150 years ago, Chief Red Cloud led the Lakota and the Plains Indians in the Greasy Grass Battle, otherwise known...
The Case of the American Taliban, 24 Years Ago Today
Bill O'Reilly reported today on the case of John Walker Lindh, an American traitor who pleaded guilty 24 years ago, today.
The California soldier pleaded...
Today in 1949, Pope Pius XII Excommunicated All Communist Catholics
On July 13, 1949, the Vatican published the historic Decree Against Communism.
Authorized by Pope Pius XII on July 1, the edict declared Catholics who...
How New York Came to Be “Pirate Utopia”
The island of Manhattan was once called New Amsterdam. It wasn't stolen. The Lenape Natives sold it to Peter Minuit in 1626. That is...
British Colonies Met to Finalize the Impending American Revolution
Two hundred and fifty years ago, the British colonies held conventions to decide whether to join the new nation that would eventually become the...
The Greatest American Victory in the War of 1812
The War of 1812 began on June 18th, 214 years ago, when the United States declared war against Great Britain for the second time....
