Given the development of firearms and the few alternatives to advance in the face of their greater reach, the First World War became a trench warfare. Along with the development of conventional weapons, chemical weapons (tear gas, mustard gas and phosgene) also did so in this conflict. The only alte
Saint Augustine (Florida) is the oldest European settlement occupied today in the continental part of the present territory of the United States. It was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on August 28, 1565, and not for colonial or economic reasons, but military ones. Spain located a military conti
We would be wrong to consider beauty pageants as something banal, since the first one known was responsible for the Trojan War. The goddess of discord , Eris , who had not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, she threw among the guests a golden apple with the inscription:« For the most
On August 12, 2000, the worst disaster in the history of the Russian submarine fleet occurred, the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine and the death of all 118 crew members. During exercises of the Russian Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea, the Kursk it was to launch a torpedo without an explosi
In the 1950s, when he was director of the CIA Allen Dulles and under the name of MKULTRA Project , a series of investigations and experiments began to manipulate human behavior and study its consequences. Through its Scientific Division, and with a budget of 6% of the Agencys total, experiments bega
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 Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first American expedition to traverse what is now the western United States, departing from St. Louis (in present-day Missouri) in May 1804 and heading west to reach the Pacific coast. Lewis and Clark The expedition was commissioned by President Thomas Jeffe
This document from the Department of Immigration confirms that the landing of the Apollo XI it was not shot in a US movie studio. When you are going to enter the US you have to fill out a form from the Immigration Department; because in July 1969 the crew members of Apollo XI (Armstrong, Collins an
On August 2, 1990, elite Iraqi Republican Guard troops invaded Kuwait. A lightning operation - in two days they had taken the entire country - that caught the international community by surprise. Although Iraq had been critical of the increase in Kuwaiti oil production that was keeping prices low an
At the Republican National Convention held in Miami on August 5, 1968, Richard Nixon he was elected candidate for the presidency of the Republican Party after defeating Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan. For its part, the Democratic Party, after the refusal of the president in office Lyndon B. Jo
In the first years of the Vietnam War, the US Army was totally convinced of the necessity of that war and was united and disciplined. As the war dragged on, morale and discipline deteriorated. The same thing happened among the American civilian population that contemplated the horrors of the first w
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
In May 1975, Edward Davis , the then police chief of Los Angeles (California), was invited to participate in the parade of LA PRIDE -the annual celebration of the LGBT community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender ) which first took place in 1970-. Davis, in his response, covered himself with gl
The African American Civil Rights Movement covers social movements in the United States between 1955 and 1968, whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans. The movement was characterized by large campaigns of resistance and civil disobedience, boycotts, and ot
Kiss my ass (kiss my ass) was the literal response, and printed on official letterhead, from the Alabama Attorney General to threats from the Ku Klux Klan. In 1970, at just 29 years old and shortly after being elected Alabama Attorney General, Bill Baxley reopened the case 16th Street Baptist Churc
During the years of the Cold War, from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall, any one-time event in the USA or the USSR was susceptible to being misinterpreted and generating a new war on a global level – such as the Mistranslation of the words of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
I will not be the one to complain about our Post Office service, but nothing comparable to the United States Postal Service (USPS) … a century ago. In 1913, the United States Postal Service for parcel delivery was launched. Parcel shipments became popular, stimulating the rural economy, thanks to
In 1963, Sidney Poitier he managed to be the first African-American actor to win the Oscar for best actor for his performance in Lilies of the valley , but the beginnings were not easy. Sidney Poitier with the Oscar. Although he has always considered himself Bahamian, he was born in Miami -bec
In the second half of the 20th century, several independence groups began to be created in the Portuguese colony of Angola:MPLA , FNLA , UNITA … Each of them with their particular ideology and made up of different ethnic groups. In the 1960s, the first harassment and attacks on the Portuguese began.
This is the story of Roy P. Benavidez , sergeant in the United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets ) during the Vietnam War. A reconnaissance group consisting of 3 Green Berets and 9 Montagnard (indigenous people from the central highlands of Vietnam who fought alongside US soldiers) were ambu
The Mayan art is that produced by the ancient civilization of the Mayans, one of the pre-Columbian peoples who inhabited Central America around 2600 BC. and which remained until the 17th century. The Mayan cities encompassed about five countries:Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Suddenly, I have a question. How many of the 44 presidents of the United States have come from defense? It is often said that many American presidents are war heroes or lawyers, but I wondered what percentage of them would be, so I looked it up this time. In conclusion, 27 of the 44 presidents
Son of Neapolitan parents who emigrated to the US during the last decade of the 19th century, Alphonse Gabriel Capone , Al Capone , was born on January 17, 1899 in New York. After being expelled from school at the age of 14 for hitting a teacher, he worked various jobs until he met Johnny Torrio ,
Actually, we Japanese are not familiar with American history. After the war, American culture flowed in, and I am still familiar with American culture through Hollywood movies, but I dont think there are many opportunities to learn about American history. It is common sense that the first presid