Stuff you Missed in History Class
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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A Condensed History of Rhodesia
In the 1888, Cecil Rhodes and John Smith Moffat duped ...
In the 1888, Cecil Rhodes and John Smith Moffat duped the king of the Ndebele people into a treaty which led to the expansion of British territory in Africa. From then until the late 1900s, Rhodesia was governed by a white minority.
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A Brief History of Peanut Butter
Peanut butter got its name in the 18th century, but ...
Peanut butter got its name in the 18th century, but it's been around in some form for hundreds and hundreds of years. The more modern history of the spread features changes to the recipe and even a little litigation with the FDA.
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Child Migrant Program
In the 19th and 20th centuries, 150,000 child migrants were ...
In the 19th and 20th centuries, 150,000 child migrants were sent from Britain to Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Rhodesia. Many of these children ended up in far worse conditions than they left behind.
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Virginia Apgar
When babies are born, one of the tools doctors use ...
When babies are born, one of the tools doctors use to measure whether they’re thriving on their own is the Apgar score. Dr. Virginia Apgar broke new ground in the fields of obstetrics and anesthesiology in the middle of the 20th century.
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A Brief History of Harmonicas
The deceptively simple harmonica has roots as far back as ...
The deceptively simple harmonica has roots as far back as ancient China, though it really came into its own in Europe in the 1800s.
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Olive Oatman
In 1851, Olive Oatman's family was attacked while traveling near ...
In 1851, Olive Oatman's family was attacked while traveling near the Gila River in Arizona. Olive was taken by her attackers, and lived for five years with Native Americans before being ransomed by the U.S. government.
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Harvard Indian School
Holly chats with archaeologists Patricia Capone and Diana Loren about ...
Holly chats with archaeologists Patricia Capone and Diana Loren about Harvard’s Indian College, the school’s importance to Colonial history and the ongoing archaeology of Harvard Yard.
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Henry Gerber and Chicago’s Society for Human Rights
In the 1920s, the Society for Human Rights was founded ...
In the 1920s, the Society for Human Rights was founded in Chicago with the intent to decriminalize homosexuality. The society's founder was inspired by Germany's homosexual emancipation movement.
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The Compton’s Cafeteria Riots
In 1966, a restaurant in San Francisco's Tenderloin district was ...
In 1966, a restaurant in San Francisco's Tenderloin district was the site of a violent incident in LGBT history. After the riot, a grassroots effort grew to improve relationships between police and Tenderloin's transgender commnity.
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Hokusai
Hokusai lived during a time when there was not a ...
Hokusai lived during a time when there was not a lot of contact between Japan and the West. But even so, he drew some influence form Western art, and Western art was greatly influenced by his own work.
