Category: History Knowledge

In the early days of the telephone, people couldn’t call each other directly. They needed an intermediary, a telephone operator, to manually relay their call

How Democracy Developed in Ancient Greece: At the end of the 6th century BC. In AD, the Greek city-state of Athens began to lay the

On June 24, 1995, at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa won the Rugby World Cup 15-12 against its big rival New Zealand.

Although they were favored to win gold at the Olympics, some Americans did not even win a medal. In a particularly cruel twist, two sprinters

On the night of October 8, 1871, women tore their children from their beds, men formed ad hoc fire brigades, and terrified residents of Peshtigo,

From 1934 to 1976, the NFL preseason tradition included the Chicago Charities College All-Star Game, a game featuring college players against the league champion. The

The Maginot Line, a set of defenses that France built along its border with Germany in the 1930s, was designed to prevent an invasion. Built

More than 3,200 years ago, the Mediterranean and the Near East were home to a thriving and interconnected Bronze Age civilization, fueled by the lucrative

The Olympic Games aim to help build a better and more peaceful world through sport. But in the 125-year history of the modern Games, quadrennial