Look back at America’s surprising reaction to the end of Prohibition.
An unpaid bakery debt launched the Pastry War between France and Mexico 175 years ago and ultimately cost General Santa Anna his leg.
Fifty years after the Kennedy assassination, find out what happened to eight figures whose lives became entwined with the events in Dealey Plaza.
Discover 10 surprising facts about America’s 35th president
On the 25th anniversary of the launch of Buran, look back at the one and only flight of the Soviet version of the space shuttle.
As Brazil disinters the remains of its former president to investigate claims he was murdered, explore 10 of history’s most famous exhumations.
On the 75th anniversary of the “night of broken glass,” look back at the Nazi pogrom that foreshadowed the Holocaust.
German authorities report that 1,400 artworks thought looted by the Nazis have been discovered in a squalid Munich apartment.
