kumpulan berbagai informasi sejarah / riwayat dan peristiwa penting lainnya dalam sejarah manusia
AFTER MORE than 80 years of journalistic investigation, the consensus among students of the Fatty Arbuckle scandal is that in acquitting the comedian of manslaughter, the jury got it right. So who, or what, killed Virginia Rappe? David Yallop, in his 1979 study The Day the Laughter Died, presents compelling evidence that the culprit was …
The post Death of a Starlet: Did A Botched Abortion Kill Virginia Rappe? appeared first on HistoryNet.
The Battle of Tenaru RiverA marine recalls the first major battle on Guadalcanal. On August 7, 1942, Pfc. Robert “Lucky” Leckie and the 1st Marine Division stormed ashore at Guadalcanal only to find that th… Read MoreJulian’s Gamble in the DesertInspired by Alexander the Great, the Roman emperor set out to conquer Persia with a massive army, a bold plan, and a thirst for glory. One day in early April, stood on an earthen m… Read MoreMHQ Letters from Readers- Summer 2010Civil Rights Movement Should Never Be Called Insurgency Professor Mark Grimsley’s article “Why the Civil Rights Movement Was an Insurgency” (Spring 2010) introduces many readers to… Read MoreArms and Men: Simple but DeadlyIn the century before guns, the longbow brought a lethal efficiency to medieval warfare and gave England an early advantage in the Hundred Years’ War. In July 1333, Edward III stoo… Read MoreThe Persistent Myths of GuernicaAfter a Spanish town was bombed in 1937, overheated—and inaccurate—accounts of civilian deaths shook the world. On April 26, 1937, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, German war… Read More
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar