Category Archives: event & history
FREE ARTICLE: YESTERDAY TODAY JUNE 26, 2025
Today’s Photographs – Enjoy!!! Image: An Armenian woman is seen kneeling beside her dead child in a field within sight of help and the safety of Aleppo, Syria, during the Armenian Genocide, 1915. #ArmenianGenocide https://amzn.to/4kZljyT Image: Two students sharing a rocking chair at Macalester College, Minnesota. 1890s. #America1890s https://amzn.to/4lpOZFm Yesterday Today is a reader-supported publication.Continue reading “FREE ARTICLE: YESTERDAY TODAY JUNE 26, 2025”
Silent Epic of the High Seas: The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands in History and Film
The Resilient Spirit: Italy in the Aftermath of War
The Unspeakable Darkness: The Rape of Nanking and the World’s Silence
Image: A Japanese soldier poses with the severed head of one of his victims. The Rape of Nanking, December 1937. The name Nanking, now the sprawling capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China, is forever etched with the indelible stain of one of the 20th century’s most horrific atrocities. In the winter of 1937, followingContinue reading “The Unspeakable Darkness: The Rape of Nanking and the World’s Silence”
Life in America during the 1950s Volume 1
Life in America During the 1950s The 1950s were a defining decade for the United States, marked by economic prosperity, social conformity, and the early stirrings of cultural change. Following the devastation of World War II, the country experienced rapid economic growth, suburban expansion, and technological advancements that shaped daily life. However, beneath this seeminglyContinue reading “Life in America during the 1950s Volume 1”
Hanoi Jane: The Trip That Divided a Nation and Defined a Life
The 1924 Paris Olympics.
The 1924 Paris Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, marked a historic moment in sports. Held from May 4 to July 27, the event was a grand spectacle, featuring 3,089 athletes from 44 nations—more than ever before. These Games were notable for their emphasis on modernization and organization, introducing the OlympicContinue reading “The 1924 Paris Olympics.”
The North-West Rebellion 1885: Resistance and Reckoning: The North-West Rebellion’s Lasting Legacy.
Image: “Shelling Batoche, last shot before the attack on the guns” (guns from Battery A, Canadian Artillery Regiment, bombarding Batoche with a gun firing 9-pounder cannonballs. May 9, 1885. Batoche, Saskatchewan, during the Northwest Rebellion. Photographed by James Peters. The North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a pivotal moment in Canadian history, marking a violent confrontation betweenContinue reading “The North-West Rebellion 1885: Resistance and Reckoning: The North-West Rebellion’s Lasting Legacy.”
Amazing Historical Photographs Showing the Ruins of Berlin During the Late 1940s
The ruins of Berlin in the late 1940s stood as a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of World War II and the violent destruction that engulfed Europe. By the end of the war, Berlin was reduced to a shattered shell of its former self—a city of crumbled buildings, displaced residents, and fractured infrastructure. ThisContinue reading “Amazing Historical Photographs Showing the Ruins of Berlin During the Late 1940s”
