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November 28, 2007 - The National
Archives in Washington released another batch of over 10,000 pages
of documents from the
Nixon
presidency.
October 20, 2007 - Russian human rights
group hands out list of over 2.5 million names of people who were
killed during Stalin's regime.
October 12, 2007 - Spain issues law to
remove all public references to the Franco regime.
September 30, 2007 - New history book
release:
German Memories in Asia by Rajkumar Kanagasingam.
August 13, 2007 -
The American War and Military Operations
Casualties list is out.
How many Americans died
or were wounded in the
Revolutionary War, the
War of 1812,
the
Mexican War, the
Civil
War, the Spanish-American War,
WWI,
WWII, the
Korean War,
Vietnam War,
Persian Gulf War, War on Terror?
Check it out
or download.
August 2, 2007 - Boy Scouts celebrate
their 100th anniversary. Read
Daily Telegraph article.
May 8, 2007 - King Herod's tomb has been
found at Herodium,
(today's Israeli-occupied West Bank.) >Read up
on Herod the Great.
>Read up
on the dig.
March 19, 2007 -
Guardian reports a new movie about Mussolini's wife is in the makes.
January 18, 2007 - New Gandhi biography published by grandson.
More
about Gandhi here.
January 15, 2007 -
France tried to snuggle up to England. The year? 1956. WHAT??
That's right.
December 24, 2006 -
In Persepolis, film crews are rocking Xerxes' house (palace)
down.
Read news article
by CHN...
December 22, 2006 - The Metropolitan Museum will open a new Roman
and Greek gallery in April.
Here is the article. And here is the
link to the
Metropolitan Museum.
December 12, 2006 -
Mozart turns 250
and all his work is online and for free!
November 29, 2006 - Here is
a list of the top 100 most influential figures in American history.
November 4, 2006 -
Find out what happened to Ellen Walker, and what she has got to
do with Lenardo diCaprio and Kate Winslet.
September 7, 2006 - Guess what. They found a
pyramid in the Ukraine. The Guardian online tells you all about
it.
August 13, 2006 - How dinosaurs complicate our lives -
Washington Post article.
August 8, 2006 - You want that item to be in the museum, your fellow
Native American would still like to use it. Now what to do?
See how people get a handle on this matter.
August 7, 2006 - They found Hitler's Bible. A little shorter than
normal bibles as all the Jewish references had to be eliminated.
Have a look.
June 30, 2006 -
Vatican opens its archive for historians
June 27, 2006 -
Brazilian Stonehenge discovered
June 26, 2006 -
Smithsonian museums reopen
June 23, 2006 -
1,000 skeletons discovered. Who were they, what happened? The
follow-up comments are hilarious.
June 21, 2006 -
The Scots want their own flag. The Scots, the Scots... June 16, 2006 - Breaking news:
The war between Japan and Montenegro is over. Hurray!
June 05, 2006 - You are dying to see Hitler's globe?
Now you can!
May 08, 2006 - Were the Muslims faster than Columbus? Here is an
interesting article.
May 04, 2006 - France and Germany write
a history book together. We wonder who will have the last word (paragraph) about Alsace, of course.
March 15, 2006 - Italy thinks it knows
who shot the Pope in 1981.
March 15, 2006 - Next time you come home from Afghanistan with some archaeological artifacts, watch who's sitting next to you
on the plane.
March 1, 2006 - Did you know Google archives clips of history events? Check it
out.
And the
official archives.gov here.
March 1, 2006 - For you friends of natural history and 10 inch diameter eyeballs: check
this out.
March 1, 2006 - There are some negative vibes between
Japan and Korea regarding Japan's past aggression policy.
PBS has scheduled to air a documentary on the Armenian Genocide on April 17, 2006.
Read here about the stir that's causing.
Update March 15, 2006.
February 2006 was Black History Month in the US.
Here you can learn more about it from the History Channel.
In the UK, Black History Month is celebrated every October.
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