On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 266 American sailors. Although the cause of the explosion was never definitively determined, many Americans believed that the Spanish had deliberately sunk the ship. This incident heightened tensions between the United States and Spain and helped to bring about the Spanish-American War.
The arms race to develop, or improve, ways of killing has been a constant throughout history and across cultures. At least, in this post, we are going to present a non-lethal one… the gay bomb. The Sunshine Project (an international non-governmental organization that investigates and denounces the
With the surrender of Japan in World War II, the Korean peninsula, occupied by the Japanese since 1910, was divided at the 38th Parallel:the north occupied by the Soviets and the south by the Americans. The prevailing tension exploded when North Korean troops invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. Th
The latter half of the 19th century was a turbulent century when new nations such as Germany, Italy and Japan were born, and France and Britain embarked on imperialism. In this era, the United States was in a period of high economic growth called the Kinpika era, and it was Rutherford, the 18th Pres
Lincoln and Kennedy are said to have many things in common, but perhaps the strangest sign was that they were assassinated during his term and that his Vice President was named Johnson. What kind of person was Andrew Johnson, who became president after Lincolns death? President from the South