HistoryASM

THE MILLIONAIRES LIBRARIAN

America's Historical Newspapers, Library of Congress John Pierpont Morgan  …

WHEN PRESIDENTS SKIPPED THEIR SUCCESSORS' INAUGURATIONS

So far the transition of power between Trump and Biden has not gone smoothly, w…

HIROSHIMA: HAUNTING SHADOWS OF PEOPLE KILLED BY THE BLAST

On 6 and 9 August, it will be 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the…

INOCULATION WAS INTRODUCED TO AMERICA BY A SLAVE

In 1721, Boston experienced its worst outbreak of smallpox (also known as v…

THE RAILWAY OF THE DEAD: LONDON'S NECROPOLIS RAILWAY

The gruesome sounding  'London Necropolis Railway' was opened i…

WHAT HAPPENED IN 1709?

The coronavirus outbreak has had a huge impact on our planet. Day-to-day l…

THE CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER WHO CHRONICLED PROHIBITION'S SCANDALOUS UNDERWORLD.

THIS MUSEUMS GRUESOME MUMMIES MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED ALIVE

THE CURIOUS HISTORY OF THE SWASTIKA LAUNDRY COMPANY

Though it may look like something from a Monty Python sketch, amazingly T…

ART DECO STREAMLINING: FAD OR FUNCTION?

HISTORIES BIGGEST EXPLOSIONS

10: Texas City Disaster

THE SURPRISINGLY RACY SIDE OF WEIMAR GERMANY

Cabaret dancers in Berlin 1928 So often thought of in history…

THE OLDEST POLICE FORCE IN THE WORLD?

York City Police Officers.  George Morley, of the York Minster Police - fro…