15 stories tagged with #history, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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Hawaiian Reparations Face a Serious Test
The dysfunctions of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act are coming home to roost. The post Hawaiian Reparations Face a Serious Test appeared first on The American Conservative .…
4 History Books to Read for America 250
As a companion to the “Top Six Classic Books to Read for America 250,” consider these four history books recommended by evaluators from the “Heritage Guide to Historic Sites.” Some…
Today in Supreme Court History: August 2, 1923
8/2/1923: President Calvin Coolidge's Inauguration. He would appoint Justice Harlan Fiske Stone to the Supreme Court. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 2, 1923 appear…
Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge
Centuries before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in The Matrix, medieval scholars found a shortcut to years of difficult study: a magical manuscript that promised to fast-track adva…
Meet the 'internet radical' who helped Microsoft get email and AT&T get online
Tom Evslin on Bill Gates, the birth of Exchange, and dragging Ma Bell onto the web…
Two brothers filled a Harlem brownstone with 140 tons of stuff
The Collyer brothers died in their own hoard. Langley was crushed by a booby trap he built himself.…
Probe cites history of overweight flights, inadequate oversight in crash that killed 10 off Alaska
The February 2025 crash, was one of Alaska’s deadliest plane crashes this century.…
Claude 'lost' hours of my chat history overnight, and I found it hiding on an invisible branch
Your missing chats (probably) aren't gone…
Can We Kick It?: new doc is timely take on Black history, pay-to-play and future of US soccer
Akbar Majeed’s new feature tells the story of the sport through a Black lens and asks hard questions about the barriers facing the game’s breakthrough…
Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus
As the death toll rises to almost 1,500, and with a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain potentially still months away, health workers face a battle to slow the outbreak…
Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?
Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wine…
New England needed candles at noon and nobody knew why
On May 19, 1780 New England went dark at noon. Tree rings later traced the smoke to an Ontario forest fire.…
Amiga Graphics Archive
Launched in 1985 the Commodore Amiga boasted graphics capabilities that were unsurpassed for it's time. It featured an intricate collection of custom chips that enabled it to do th…
Hooray for the Sockets Interface
In 1983, BSD 4.2 introduced sockets, treating network communication like file I/O. This simplification sped UNIX adoption of shared protocols and services, marking a key turning po…
Grandpa Pudding Brains says airplanes didn't exist during his father's lifetime
His brother was an airline pilot.…