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This Day in History

Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece
Robert Peary almost reaches the North Pole
Mormon Church established
The United States officially enters World War I
First modern Olympic Games
John Tyler is inaugurated as 10th president
Black Hawk War begins
Writer Oscar Wilde arrested in England
“2001: A Space Odyssey” released in theaters
Sam Sheppard, the inspiration for “The Fugitive,” dies

BBC News

Coronavirus: Africa will not be testing ground for vaccine, says WHO
Coronavirus: France records highest daily death toll of 833
James Bond actress Honor Blackman dies aged 94
Coronavirus: Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19
Coronavirus: Quarantined Italian village turned into human laboratory
Russian white supremacists are terrorists says Trump
Coronavirus: Turkey sets strict measures as cases soar
Coronavirus: Ivory Coast protesters target testing centre
Coronavirus: South African bride and groom arrested over lockdown wedding
Jan Kuciak: Soldier jailed for 23 years for journalist's murder

New York Times

Coronavirus Live Updates: Supreme Court Rejects Extending Wisconsin Voting Deadline as U.S. Death Toll Surpasses 10,000
With Coronavirus Symptoms, Boris Johnson Is Moved to Intensive Care in Hospital
Despite Staggering Death Toll, N.Y. Outbreak Could Be Slowing
‘Swept Up by FEMA’: Complicated Medical Supply System Sows Confusion
Delays and Shortages Exacerbate Coronavirus Testing Gaps in the U.S.
Free Access to Coronavirus Coverage
How the Theodore Roosevelt's Coronavirus Outbreak Became a Moral Crisis for the Military
Biden and Trump Speak About Coronavirus
Live Stock Market Tracker During Coronavirus Pandemic
How Will We Know When It’s Time to Reopen the Nation?

Time Magazine

How the Coronavirus Death Toll Compares to Other Deadly Events From American History
Prime Minister Netanyahu Locks Down Israel Over Passover Holiday
New York’s Rikers Island Jail Sees First Inmate Death From COVID-19
President Trump and Joe Biden Spoke by Phone About Coronavirus: AP Sources
Wall Street Moves 7% Up as Markets Rally Worldwide on Hopes the Coronavirus Is Slowing
Wisconsin Supreme Court Blocks Governor’s Move to Delay Primary Election
‘Too Naive or Too Stupid to Be a Commanding Officer.’ Navy Leader Attacks Captain Fired Over COVID-19 Concerns in Speech to His Crew
Honor Blackman, Avengers Actress and James Bond’s Pussy Galore, Dies at 94
Brazil’s President Still Insists the Coronavirus Is Overblown. These Governors Are Fighting Back
This Week’s ‘Supermoon’ Will Be Closer to Earth Than Usual—But at Roughly 220,000 Miles Away, It’s Still Appropriately Socially Distanced

Memorial Fund

Memorial Fund

Reuters News

Brazil's health minister to stay on the job: sources
Brazil minister fires analyst who opposed unauthorized wood exports
Colombia coronavirus quarantine extended until April 27
Canadian province of Ontario angry over 'unacceptable' U.S. move to block face masks
UK PM Johnson moved to intensive care as COVID-19 symptoms worsen

WSJ World News

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The World Next Week

Conference Call: President Trump’s Trip to India
Sorensen Distinguished Lecture on the United Nations: Protecting Our Children’s Future
Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan
An Inside Look at the Middle East Peace Process: Screening and Discussion of "The Human Factor"
Freedom of Expression in Crimea: Voices From Ukraine
What Is a Moral Foreign Policy?
What's Next for U.S. Policy in China?
Arthur Ross Book Award: "These Truths–A History of the United States"
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Richard Clarida
What to Worry About in 2020

AbeBooks Blog

Women in Work: Lisa Unger Baskin’s Collection
25 Out-of-Print Books That Were Used Bestsellers in 2019
Oak tobacco box carved from Brontës’ church sells for $1,500
Collecting books on rockets & spaceflight
Podcast interview: Doris Moskowitz from Moe’s Books

Smithsonian History Feed

The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, a History of Hell and Other New Books to Read
Ten Surprising Facts About Everyday Household Objects
The Long, Fraught History of the Bulletproof Vest
How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived
Native Women Artists Reclaim Their Narrative
Crowdsourcing Project Aims to Document the Many U.S. Places Where Women Have Made History
Five New Nonfiction Books to Read While You're Stuck at Home
Covering COVID-19
Shutting Down Hawai‘i: A Historical Perspective on Epidemics in the Islands
The Pioneering Health Officer Who Saved Portland From the Plague

The New Yorker

An Extraordinary Documentary About the Art of Sun Ra
Quarantine Culture Recommendations: Zoom Yoga, Winston Churchill, and Neil Young
Why We Underestimated COVID-19
Interviews with the Tigers from “Tiger King”
Leslie Jordan Is the Ideal Quarantine Companion
How Greta Thunberg Transformed Existential Dread Into a Movement
Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 6th
Trump Optimistic About Winning Nobel Prize in Medicine
The Truth About Isaac Newton’s Productive Plague
The Delight and Sadness of Tomie dePaola

History Today

The Humans Behind the Sacrifice
Diana and Actaeon
Finding Wonderful Things
April Quiz
The Sauce of the Middle Ages
White Gold
Mind Your Language
The Communist’s Holiday
On the Spot: Catherine Fletcher
The Combat of the Thirty

History Today Podcasts

The Rights of France
Soviet Super Sniper
Sexual Eeling
Before the Mayflower
The FGM Scandal that Shocked Victorian London
Trailer: A New Podcast Series from History Today
A History of Now
A discussion about Mein Kampf
Tibet's Secret Temple
Day of the Dead

Medievalists Blog

New Medieval Books: Money and Power in the Middle Ages
Medieval Manuscripts: The Book of the Hunt, by Gaston Fébus
What was seen in Japan’s night sky 1400 years ago?
Medieval Manuscripts: A Walk through 16th century Constantinople, Baghdad, and Aleppo
The viking ship at Gjellestad comes to life online

In the Middle – Medieval Blog

Open Letter from Medievalists In Support of the Wet'suwet'en Protectors
A Graduate Student in the (Farmers') Marketplace of Ideas
On hidden scars and the passive voice
#RaceB4Race: Beginnings
drop everything and read this now: "BlacKKKShakespearean: A Call to Action for Medieval and Early Modern Studies"

Medieval Hungary

An Antonio Tempesta rediscovered in Budapest
In memoriam Paul Crossley (1945-2019)
Romanesque Stone Carvings Found at Borosjenő Castle
Monument Protection Archives Reopen in Budapest
Exhibition on Medieval Towns in Magdeburg

History Extra Podcasts

The genius of Artemisia
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Tudors, but were afraid to ask
Viking women
Okinawa: the battle and the bomb
Women at war
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Normans, but were afraid to ask
A history of celebrity
Russia’s musical journeys
Blitz spirit
Shakespeare and America

Ask the Past

How to Freshen Your Face, 1565
How to Increase Your Energy, 15th century
How to Cure Your Cough, 1558
How to Interpret Forehead Wrinkles, 1562
How to Pest-Proof Your House, 1639
How to Bathe in January, c. 7th century
How to Make It Through November, c. 7th c.
How to Eat a Pumpkin, 1597
How to Survive a Mermaid Attack, 1527
How to Treat the Freshmen, 1367

CBC Ideas Podcasts

The Enright Files: How books from the past can help explain the present
Take it like a Stoic: coping in the time of coronavirus
Sailing Alone Around The World, Part Two
Machines of Chance: How casino culture plays with us
The Shakespeare Conspiracy
Sailing Alone Around The World, Part One
CBC Massey Lecture # 2: The Mating Game | Vancouver
CBC Massey Lecture # 5: Shifting Power | Toronto
CBC Massey Lecture # 4: When the Patriarchy Meets the Matriarchy | Montreal
CBC Massey Lecture # 3: A Holy Paradox | Fredericton

Council on Foreign Relations

Conference Call: President Trump’s Trip to India
Sorensen Distinguished Lecture on the United Nations: Protecting Our Children’s Future
Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan
An Inside Look at the Middle East Peace Process: Screening and Discussion of "The Human Factor"
Freedom of Expression in Crimea: Voices From Ukraine
What Is a Moral Foreign Policy?
What's Next for U.S. Policy in China?
Arthur Ross Book Award: "These Truths–A History of the United States"
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Richard Clarida
What to Worry About in 2020

A Don’s Life

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Today’s Document from the National Archives

Family of Evacuees, San Francisco

The History Blog

Rare Viking ring found in Dutch cornfield acquired by museum
London Stone restored to visibility
Maine shipwreck identified as Colonial sloop
Watch stopped at moment of Pulaski shipwreck goes under the hammer
Van Gogh painting stolen on his birthday
Roman silver left behind by Vandals found in Poland
It’s 10 o’clock in Lausanne and all is not well
Bronze Age warrior toolkit found at battlefield site
8-foot mammoth tusk found in Bavaria
Polo donkey bones found in Tang Dynasty noblewoman’s tomb

History of the Ancient World

A History of Ancient Rome in 10 Buildings
10 Self-Help Tips from a Roman Emperor
The Search for Early Christian Egypt: Archaeology and the Treasures of the Desert
Basel papyrus is an ancient medical text, researchers find
Spells, charms, erotic dolls: love magic in the ancient Mediterranean
Pliny the Elder’s History: Recording the past in the Naturalis Historia
Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh
Rome’s Flaminian Obelisk: an epic journey from divine Egyptian symbol to tourist attraction
Religions of Ancient Italy
Research network sheds new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world

Got Medieval

Medieval Batman Cosplay Worth the Click-Through
The Medieval Secret To Besieging Castles That THEY Don’t Want You To Know (Wmm… Marginalia #118)
A Little Something Classy for the Patron (Mmm… Marginalia #116)
Speaking of Horses (Mmm… Marginalia #115)
Finally, a reason to call fundamentalists ‘medieval’
Make Like a Manuscript and Leaf (Mmm… Marginalia #114)
Adventures in Adaptation
On Horses, Getting Back On Them (Mmm… Marginalia #113)
Gravity in the Margins, again (Mmm… Marginalia #112)
Blasphemy, Blaspheyou, Blaspheverybody (Mmm… Marginalia #108)

History and Women

Women Rule during Women's History Month
The First Women in the Theatre - Elizabeth Knepp (By author Deborah Swift)
Sonora Webster Carver - Horse Diving
A Top 35 Historical Book Blog
The School of Venus or the Ladies Delight Reduced into Rules of Practice
Masks of 18th Century Venetian Women
Who was Sultana Nurbanu?
Hoyden of the Week
Scandalous Bad Girl - Alice Caush
Hoyden of the Week

Roman Times

Satyrs in early mythology.
Oil Lamps: Bringing Light To The Ancient World
Fourth Style Frescos of the Casa del Principe di Napoli, Regio VI, 7,8 in Pompeii.
Tanagra Figurines: From Elegant to Whimsical
Review: Army of the Roman Emperors: Archaeology and History by Thomas Fischer
Caesar's Ancient World Alexa Skill Now Illustrated!
New "Ancient Wisdom" Alexa skill available now!
Dr. J LED mini-projector provides economical solution to history presentations
Review: The Middle Ages in 50 Objects by Gertsman and Rosenwein
Review: Onslaught by Anthony Riches

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Annie Londonderry’s Dubious Bike Trip Around the World
SYMHC Classics: Ignaz Semmelweis
Behind the Scenes Minis: Strange Times and Ida Lewis
Ida Lewis, Lighthouse Keeper
Covid-19: Living Through Historically Significant Times
SYMHC Classics: The Flu Epidemic of 1918
Behind the Scenes Minis: Pettenkofer and Poison
Poison Control: A History
Max von Pettenkofer’s Anticontagionism
SYMHC Classics: Tagore, Erstwhile Knight

Intelligent Life

Notes on isolation, from those who know it well
Confederacy in the ’hood
Coronavirus calling
Lockdown love stories: how to date at a distance
Coronavirus etiquette: greeting in the age of social distance
Trapped in Iran: Farsi translation
Life in Moria, Europe’s refugee city
My journey to the heart of the great British expo
The eight-year-old rapper making a mark in Uganda
A mega resort on the horizon, a glacier on the brink

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