Smithsonian Magazine20h
On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...
61 years ago today, the Beatles landed in NYC: How the Fab Four captivated the US
The Beatles' legendary appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was watched on television by 73 million of the nation’s 191 million people, nearly 40%.
Archaeology12h
18th-Century College Dining Hall Excavated in North Carolina
According to a report in The Daily Tar Heel, archaeologists Heather Lapham and Mary Elizabeth Fitts and their students are excavating the site of Steward’s Hall, the first dining facility on the ...