Cheers! Watch Editor Dana B. Shoaf Sample Civil War Liquors (Lucky Him)

As races go, this one was not so great. It took place in 1919, with 63 airplanes competing in a contest that was supposed to be a round-trip...

The Geneva Accords, signed on July 20, 1954, ended the Indochina War. The Accords established a demarcation line along the 17th parallel, dividing Vietnam into two political entities:...

CHM curator of religion and community history Rebekah Coffman talks about the significance of Ramadan and shares a brief history of Chicago’s Muslim communities.Sundown on March 23 marks...

German action in the 1930s Spanish Civil War showed Wehrmacht general Heinz Guderian that his country’s tanks were vulnerable to enemy attack in forests, urban areas, and other...

The Mongol Subjugation of Novgorod (1238) In 1238, a 40,000-man Mongol horde led by Genghiz Khan’s grandson, Batu Khan, embarked on a campaign of conquest against the Rus....