9 May is recognized and celebrated as ‘Victory Day’, commemorating the day in which Nazi Germany was defeated by the Allied forces. The Badger State made a great contribution to the war effort… 332,200 Wisconsinites …
Politics
A Matter of Life and Death
It was on 5 May 1981, that Member of Parliament and Irish political prisoner Bobby Sands died while conducting a 66 day hunger-strike. He was 27 years old. While serving a sentence in the notorious …
Herbert Aptheker – This Week’s Jewish American Heritage Profile
Herbert Aptheker was an American historian and political activist. He wrote more than 50 books, mostly in the fields of African-American history and general U.S. history, most notably, ‘American Negro Slave Revolts’ (1943), and the …
The Beginning of the End
30 April marks that day in 1973 on which John Ehrlichman resigned his position at the White House as the Watergate break-in and cover up scandal intensified. John Ehrlichman was born in Tacoma, Washington in …
Hizzoner
20 April marks the day Richard J. Daley was inaugurated for the first time as Mayor of the City of Chicago, in 1955. He would remain at this post until his death 21 years later. …
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It was on this date, 15 April, in 1947, that Jackie Robinson, a US Army veteran and UCLA graduate, made his debut as the first African-American to take the field for a Major League baseball …
Ted Talk
On 10 April, 1899, Teddy Roosevelt would deliver the speech, “The Strenuous Life”, to the Hamilton Club in Chicago. The speech would outline his thoughts on US Foreign Policy, family, and recent American history. It …
Eavesdropping
It was on 7 April, 1974 that the film, ‘The Conversation’ opened in theaters. The film starred Gene Hackman as an electronic surveillance expert, proud of his technical accomplishments in the field, but internally conflicted …
Coup Detat
It was on 4 April in 1953 that CIA Director Allen Dulles authorized $1 million to be used “in any way that would bring about the fall of Mossedegh”. This was in reference to Mohammad …
Nilde Iotti – This Week’s Women in History Profile
Nilde Iotti, the daughter of a railway worker, was the first woman to become president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for three consecutive legislatures from 1979 to 1992. Born in Reggio Emilia, she took …