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Brynn Holland
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They were a crucial Soviet asset to winning World War II.
The Stonewall Inn was controlled by the Genovese crime family.
After air strikes and chemical attacks in Syria, this unarmed, neutral group of 3,000-plus civilians digs for survivors, evacuates the injured and buries the dead.
What has two black eyes, a short fuzzy tail, ears that look like pom-poms and can repair international wounds with nothing but their presence?
420 doesn’t begin with the police, but rather in the 1970s with a group of students in California.
Follow leads, read articles and attempt to crack a case that remains unsolved to this day.
She lived an unspeakable hell. As both an inmate and head women’s doctor at Auschwitz, Dr. Gisella Perl saved hundreds of lives with her bare hands.
American aviator Amelia Earhart not only set flying records, but also championed the advancement of women in aviation.
Edie Windsor and Jim Obergefell were fighting for basic spousal rights.
When the police raided the Stonewall Inn in 1969, the riots that ensued sparked a global movement.
Have you heard of these groundbreaking LGBT characters?
Not even the effects of wartime sugar rationing could stop this Halloween pastime.
From the female Paul Revere and a Hollywood starlet-turned-inventor to a political pioneer and the first female sports star, explore the legacies of these daring women.
Always wanted to visit the underwater wreckage site of Titanic? Now you can.
Take a look back at eight ground-breaking women who helped put early dents in the glass ceiling.
Spies and scouts, mothers and homestead keepers, women quietly made their mark on America's changing western frontier.
Was Edward VIII a Nazi sympathizer looking to overthrow his brother?
These six trials were part of the worldwide witch hunt frenzy.
How—and why—did a groundbreaking physician pass as the opposite sex for more than 50 years?
Their code of conduct was designed to keep the warrior-knights humble, chaste and—most of all—obedient.
The eight-day Festival of Lights marks an event dating to the second century B.C.E.
These five pooches are living proof that dogs truly are a man’s best friend.
Why were parents giving their children heroin in the 1880s?
His use of Black bodies as medical test subjects falls into a history that includes the Tuskegee syphilis experiment and Henrietta Lacks.
Find out how a couple in love brought forward the landmark case, Loving v. Virginia, which forever changed the color of marriage in the United States.
The Hawkeye State operates an unusually long nominating process.
At 2:02 a.m. on June 12, 2016, a lone gunman entered Latin night at Pulse in Orlando and started to fire his bullets.
The date has been an official annual celebration of the mathematical sign since 2009.
These ground-breaking female mathematicians, engineers and scientists produced calculations crucial to the success of NASA's early space missions.
New Jersey’s Action Park quickly earned the infamous nickname “Accident Park.”
MTV made waves when Emma Watson was awarded a non-gender specific “Best Actor” award for her performance in “Beauty and the Beast.” But while this may be a first for the MTV Movie & TV Awards, it’s not a first for the entertainment industry. For the top honors in film and theater, awards have always […]
The effect a Tony Award has on a Broadway production is similar to what an Oscar can do for a Hollywood film. It’s the industry’s highest honor and can make or break a play when it is given—or not. Although it may seem like a mainstay now, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway […]