Please join us for the upcoming “Becoming American” series of documentaries and discussions on immigration.
The Wars of the Roses: the real life Game of Thrones
With the last episode of Game of Thrones approaching, you may feel that you’ve already lived through as much subterfuge, twists, turns, thrills, horror and heartbreak. If not, however, try The Wars of the Roses.
The 1919 Stanley Cup
As our beloved St. Louis Blues once again head into playoff hockey, we look back at 1919, a year without a Stanley Cup champion.
Hockey was a lot different 100
Beware the Ides of March?
Everyone has heard “beware the Ides of March” but have you ever stopped to consider: what exactly is an “ides” and why should we beware of them in March?
From Julian to Gregory, and the correction of 10 days
On February 24, 1582, Pope Gregory XIII corrected mistakes on the Julian calendar, effectively putting into a place a New Style, or what we call a Gregorian, calendar.
The Halifax Explosion
On the morning of December 6th 1917, the largest man made explosion up until the atomic bomb happened near Halifax, Nova Scotia.
December’s historic disintegration
Where were you in December of 1991? We know that some of our patrons might not have been born yet, but for some of us, we remember that December. It was when the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) ceased to exist.
Around the world they went!
In November of 1889, two women set off to see if they could beat the record of Jules Verne’s imaginary hero, Phileas Fogg (who went around the world in 80 days). Nellie Bly, a reporter for the New York World, set off first, boarding the steamship Augusta Victoria and beginning her 40,070 kilometer journey eastward…
The Turning Point: Unity Day, October 3rd
On October 3, 1990, less than one year after the Berlin Wall came down, East and West Germany came together on what is known as “Unity Day.” If you’re of a certain age, you remember how exciting that time was, when the world seemed to be changing overnight. The Berlin Wall surrounded West Berlin and…
“One slash of the sword:” the history of renaming a city
On September 6, 1991, Leningrad was renamed St. Petersburg by Russian legislators following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The city had been known as Leningrad for 67 years, but in 1991, this question was put to Leningrad’s voters: "Do you wish to restore to our city its original name, St. Petersburg?" Thus began one…
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