Radium clocks and watches were all the rave during the Roaring Twenties. The watch faces glowed all the time and didn’t require charging in sunlight, like florescent paint. Everyone who was anyone had to have one. The Radium Girls were not rich debutants who flashed their wristwatches, but rather the simple factory women who hand-paintedContinue reading “The Tragic Story of the Radium Girls”
Category Archives: Forgotten History
The Confederate LOST CAUSE is not Lost
160 years after the American Civil War, we are hearing again about the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. The statues may be gone, by the Lost Cause survives.
Before They Were Famous – 6 Inventors, Leaders and Humanitarians
What makes certain people seemingly fated to be famous? Is it their wealth, charisma, stamina … or ruthlessness? Could it perhaps be something in their childhood or up-bringing? It is some Secret Sauce that others can replicate? Below are 6 famous people from recent history, Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt, Golda Mier, Winston Churchill, Mother Teresa and Adolf Hitler.
The Pacific Clipper WWII Around-the-World Flight
In late 1941, the crew of the Pan American “Pacific Clipper” (Boeing 314 flying boat) made a historic, emergency flight around the world just to get home.
Napoleon’s Failed Invasion of Russia
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was without a doubt one of the most brilliant leaders in history. Nevertheless, his Invasion of Russia in 1812 was one of the worst military disasters ever undertaken.
The 1791 Haitian Revolution by Black Slaves
The Haitian Revolution was the largest, most successful slave rebellion in the Western World. Black slaves initiated a rebellion in 1791 and by 1803, they’d ended not just slavery, but achieved independence over French colonial rule.
History vs. Nostalgia – What Baby Boomers Forget about the Sixties
Many Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 & 1964, now roughly 59 to 77) are prone to waxing nostalgic about the decade of the Sixties. They see it as a time when America and the western world was somehow greater – The Good Old Days – where life was simpler, safer, and filled old-fashioned family values. They seem to perhaps forget that the 1960’s was a turning point for the world. It was, in fact, filled with global wars, tragic assassinations, and political unrest. All of these led to positive, albeit painful, cultural changes for the better, over time.
圣经中被遗失、被禁止的书卷
Most every Christian throughout the world is familiar with the English King James version of the Holy Bible. Most believe, or have been taught, that it contains the ONLY books of the Old and New Testament ever written. But in fact, it contains only the church–approved books by the Protestant, Catholic or Orthodox faiths. ThereContinue reading “The Lost, Banned Books of the Bible”
Five Forgotten Facts about American History
Most Americans go about thinking they know their patriotic historical facts, as taught to them when they were in school. But here are FIVE commonly mistaken or unknown facts about American history:
An Immigrant’s Ellis Island Fate Depended on 29 Questions [Mini-Documentary]
The fate of immigrants arriving in New York City’s infamous Ellis Island, around the turn of the century, depended on a quick 2 minute physical and their answers to 29 pivotal questions.