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On This Day, May 19: Thomas More, John Fisher canonized
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOn May 19, 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Sir Thomas More, pictured, and Cardinal John Fisher as...
How improper farming methodology and drought caused the catastrophic Dust Bowl
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
Where Our Favorite Childhood Actors Ended Up
MediaFeed via AOL· 1 month agoIMDb/ Wikipedia From child stars to teachers and lawyers Hollywood, from what it seems, is a challenging place for adult actors, let alone children. The...
Fact Check: How Bill Wilson, Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Nearly Caved to His Addiction on...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWikipedia, Getty Images Claim: Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson requested shots of...
Sigmund Freud Said Homosexuality Wasn’t ‘A Vice or a Crime’ in 1938 Letter
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSigmund Freud Defended Queer People — to a Degree Freud: Wikipedia; letter: RR Auction A letter from...
Mathematicians make rare breakthrough on notoriously tricky 'Ramsey number' problem
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA visual representation of Ramsey theorem for five nodes on a graph. Here, no triangle has edges...
On This Day, Aug. 15: Partition divides India, Pakistan after British independence
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPeople ride on a refugee special train at Ambala Station in India in February 1954. The 1947...
Harry Morgan and His Classic TV Career, from 'Dragnet' to 'M*A*S*H' and Beyond
Woman's World via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOfficer Joe Gannon on Dragnet and Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H are only two of the many...
On This Day, Sept. 8: U.S. troops arrive in Korea, take up occupation
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoJapanese forces surrender to U.S. troops in Seoul on September 9, 1945, one day after U.S. forces...
From Bootleggers to Checkered Flags: The History of NASCAR
Cheapism via AOL· 3 months agoSarah Crabill/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images Start Your Engines NASCAR is the biggest name in stock...