Stuff You Missed in History Class

Tracy and Holly were joined by authors Bryan Young, E.B. Wheeler and Brian McClellan during Salt lake Comic Con for a talk about how authors [Read more]

Molly was born on Indian Island, Maine, and she turned to dance to help her family make ends meet. But because audiences and companies in [Read more]

Coubertin had a vision to unite the world through sport, and he eventually managed to launch the modern Olympic Games. But those first few times [Read more]

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, set out to create an armed revolution of emancipated slaves. Instead, it became a tipping point leading to [Read more]

As man was looking to the skies and yearning to fly, two inventive brothers came up with an idea to set humans aloft. The Montgolfiers [Read more]

The London Match Girls Strike of 1888 was an important labor rights event in Britain. Women working in a match factory took a stand against [Read more]

Secretary of Education Dr. John B. King Jr. discusses the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which gave rebelling states 100 days to return to the Union or [Read more]

Eighteenth-century Englishman Thomas Day decided that the only way to have a perfect wife was to create one. So he adopted two orphans and attempted [Read more]

Even though Edward Jones served two prison sentences for his intrusions into Buckingham palace, it seems that the authorities were willing to do almost anything [Read more]

Not long after young Victoria became queen, a young man got into Buckingham Palace, wandered around, and attempted to steal several items. It was merely [Read more]