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In 1915, hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were deported and killed. More than a century later, the events remain politically debated.
During the Cold War, several Western European countries maintained a secret network to counter Soviet invasion. When its existence was acknowledged, questions arose…
Drainage networks, public wells, and grid-like roads show the Indus Valley civilization planned cities centuries before the term 'urban planning' was known.
Aerial photos revealed Soviet missile silos in Cuba. For thirteen days, Kennedy and Khrushchev faced off in a crisis that brought the world closest to nuclear war.
In 1911, an Italian handyman hid the Mona Lisa under his coat and stole it from the Louvre. The scandal transformed an ordinary painting into a global icon.
A report about a torpedo attack that was later found to be erroneous became the basis for a resolution that gave President Johnson the power to escalate the Vietnam…
For two decades, the CIA ran a secret program to control the human mind, including administering LSD without consent. Files that were supposed to be destroyed…
In 325, Emperor Constantine gathered bishops in Nicaea to resolve theological disputes about the relationship between the Father and the Son. The council produced…
The Marshall Plan, worth around $13 billion, helped Western Europe recover after World War II. It also served as a political tool in the early Cold War.
The eruption of Mount Tambora in Sumbawa in April 1815 was the largest in recorded history. Its ash and gas covered the atmosphere, causing the Year Without a…
After World War II, a Dutch painter was arrested for selling a Vermeer to Hermann Göring. He confessed to creating the fake painting himself, not selling national…
In August 1945, two atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands. While history records the events, the question of whether the bombings…
