In 1969, a group of Native Americans occupied Alcatraz Island to protest the policies of the US government
Influential writer Thomas Pynchon was a student of Vladimir Nabokov at the University of Cornell
In the late 19th century, Clark Stanley patented snake oil and advertised it as a painkiller
Vinegar Valentines were insult cards that helped to promote literacy among the lower classes in 19th century Britain
Wreck of blueberry-laden freighter emerges off Cape Cod after 77 years
Cupid, the god of love has wings because lovers are free to change their minds and “fly away” from each other
History of the Barbary slave trade between the 16th and middle of the 18th century
A self-appointed bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln took his job so seriously he slept outside Lincoln’s bedroom with a trench knife and a pistol, but was absent the night Lincoln was assassinated
Stede Bonnet- From wealthy landowner to villain on the sea
Sarah Siddons – The most famous tragedienne of the 18th century who made the character of Lady Macbeth her own
