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This Day in History

Members of the Niagara Movement meet for the first time
“To Kill a Mockingbird” published
First Quaker colonists land at Boston
U.S. establishes diplomatic relations with Vietnam
Skylab crashes to Earth
Aaron Burr slays Alexander Hamilton in duel
Hitler is paid a visit by his would-be assassin
Babe Ruth makes MLB debut
John Quincy Adams is born
Gas fire incinerates crowded campsite, killing hundreds

BBC News

Roger Stone: Critics blast Trump for commuting ex-adviser's jail term
Russia far east protest over Khabarovsk governor's arrest
Srebrenica: Bosnia marks 25 years since massacre
Jada Pinkett Smith tells Will Smith of her 'relationship'
South African church attack: Five dead after 'hostage situation'
Shark kills teenage surfer in Australia's New South Wales
TikTok: Amazon says email asking staff to remove app 'sent in error'
Coronavirus: Emirates set to cut 9,000 jobs, citing pandemic
Mali protesters occupy national broadcaster
Hagia Sophia: Turkey turns iconic Istanbul museum into mosque

New York Times

Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone
Has History Finally Caught Up With Roger Stone? It May Be Up to Trump
President Trump's Pardons: Stone, Blagojevich and More
‘I Couldn’t Do Anything’: The Virus and an E.R. Doctor’s Suicide
How to Reopen Schools: What Science and Other Countries Teach Us
Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Cases on the Rise, States Weigh New Restrictions
In Latin America, the Pandemic Threatens Equality Like Never Before
Study of Coronavirus in Pregnant Women Finds Striking Racial Differences
College Football Season Teeters on the Brink
In a Term Full of Major Cases, the Supreme Court Tacked to the Center

Time Magazine

Disney World Reopens as Coronavirus Infections Soar in Florida
Dozens of U.S. Marines in Japan’s Okinawa Infected in COVID-19 Outbreak
Sen. Mitt Romney Calls Trump’s Decision to Commute Roger Stone’s Sentence ‘Historic Corruption’
President Trump Commutes Longtime Friend Roger Stone’s Prison Sentence
Green Card Lottery Winners Feel Cheated by Trump’s Visa Bans
U.S. Catholic Church Received Billions in Taxpayer Funds From Paycheck Protection Program
A Newly Discovered Comet Is Currently Passing by Earth — Here’s How to Catch a Glimpse
What Young Black Voters Think about the 2020 Elections
Dalai Lama: We Must Act As One to Preserve Our World
How Joe Biden Is Defusing Tensions With the Left

Memorial Fund

Memorial Fund

Reuters News

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WSJ World News

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The World Next Week

Virtual Meeting: The Insurrection Act and the Future of Civil-Military Relations
Virtual Meeting: CFR Master Class Series With Stephen Sestanovich
Virtual Meeting: A Conversation With ICC President Chile Eboe-Osuji
Virtual Meeting Dedicated to Martin Feldstein: World Economic Update
Virtual Roundtable: International Trade and Women’s Rights
Virtual Meeting: CFR Master Class Series With Amy Jaffe
Virtual Meeting: Lessons Learned With David Cote
Virtual Meeting: CFR Master Class Series With Alice Hill
Virtual Roundtable: Russian Arms Control Compliance: A Report Card, 1984-2020
Virtual Meeting: CFR Master Class Series With James M. Lindsay

AbeBooks Blog

The Book of Black Magic
Arsons, forgeries & poker: how Johnny Jenkins blazed a trail through antiquarian bookselling
Italy in Bocca – how rare cookbooks with cardboard covers inspired a food film
Women in Work: Lisa Unger Baskin’s Collection
25 Out-of-Print Books That Were Used Bestsellers in 2019

Smithsonian History Feed

An Uncrowned Tudor Queen, the Science of Skin and Other New Books to Read
Ending the Use of Racist Mascots and Images
In St. Louis, History and Nostalgia Battle It Out
Why Is Ivory So Precious? And More Questions From Our Readers
How a Black Fireman Brought a Pole Into the Firehouse
Make Thomas Jefferson's Recipe for Ice Cream
How the Ice Cream Truck Made Summer Cool
What Today's Indigenous Potters Are Learning from Ancient Chocolate-Drinking Jars
How Northern Publishers Cashed In on Fundraising for Confederate Monuments
Mary McLeod Bethune Was at the Vanguard of More Than 50 Years of Black Progress

The New Yorker

A Thriving Digital Space for Willi Smith, Streetwear Genius
Louisiana Primary Election 2020: Live Results, Maps, and Analysis
Screen Saver: The Movie
“Do You Think You’re Not Involved?” The Racial Reckoning of “Blood at the Root”
How Can the Press Best Serve a Democratic Society?
At the Pearly Gates
A Preview of How a Biden White House Might Make Policy
The Unstrung Power of Elaine Stritch in “Original Cast Album: Company”
Trump Warns That Social Distancing in Schools Would Make It Harder for Students to Cheat Off One Another’s Papers
Optimizing the Joy in Your Life

History Today

On the Spot: David Carpenter
Isle of Dogs
A Modern Martyr
Sweet Dreams
The Rules of Drinking
July Quiz
Pandemics: Now and Then
The Liberator’s Saviour is ‘Buried’
The Flood
The Cost of Cleanliness

History Today Podcasts

Henry VIII Meets his Match
A History of the Oceans
The Wrongful Death of Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
Thebes: The Forgotten City
The Great Migration Mystery
The State of Myanmar
What can History tell us about Epidemics?
The Rights of France
Soviet Super Sniper

Medievalists Blog

Book of the Month Club: Formal Combats in the Fourteenth Century
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Parenting Tips from a Tang Dynasty General
Becket’s shrine recreated digitally
Norman Conquest of 1066 did little to change England’s eating habits

In the Middle – Medieval Blog

In Support and Solidarity
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

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 Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Museums and colonialism
David Abulafia on The Boundless Sea
California’s century of change
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Scottish Wars of Independence, but were afraid to ask
The Picts
Women and the Crusades
World War Two: the challenge of commemoration
A history of pandemics: from Spanish Flu to Covid-19
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Georgians, but were afraid to ask

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 Unconventional Diplomat: Standing Up For Principles
The Unconventional Diplomat: Breaking The Rules
Here Comes Trouble: How to worry sensibly in the 21st Century
Just don't say his name: the modern left on Karl Marx's place in politics
We must recapture the lost 'art' of scripture: Karen Armstrong
Da Vinci's Celibacy
Monster buff Leonardo da Vinci would have loved Halloween
Slavery's long shadow: The impact of 200 years enslavement in Canada
The Travels of Mirza Saleh Shirazi
The Flapper and the Modern Girl

Council on Foreign Relations

Virtual Meeting: The Insurrection Act and the Future of Civil-Military Relations
Virtual Meeting: CFR Master Class Series With Stephen Sestanovich
Virtual Meeting: A Conversation With ICC President Chile Eboe-Osuji
Virtual Meeting Dedicated to Martin Feldstein: World Economic Update
Virtual Roundtable: International Trade and Women’s Rights
Virtual Meeting: CFR Master Class Series With Amy Jaffe
Virtual Meeting: Lessons Learned With David Cote
Virtual Meeting: CFR Master Class Series With Alice Hill
Virtual Roundtable: Russian Arms Control Compliance: A Report Card, 1984-2020
Virtual Meeting: CFR Master Class Series With James M. Lindsay

A Don’s Life

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Today’s Document from the National Archives

"U.S. Post Office, Wichita Falls, Tex."

The History Blog

Power X-ray to be turned on Rooswijk finds
1,000-year-old pet cat oldest on the Silk Road
Cerne Abbas Giant is a youngster
Digital pilgrimage to Canterbury ca. 1408
Morse Museum acquires Louis Comfort Tiffany iron fireplace hood
Massive 10th c. wall points to first Polish capital
Paleoindian ocher mine found in underwater cave in Mexico
Export barred for Roman dogs after wellhead gets away
Jakob and Elisabeth reunited after 150 years
Paleochristian necropolis in France excavated

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

Tituba - The First Witch of Salem
Mary De Morgan - A Writer of Fairy Tales
Suffragettes - Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflins
China Mary - The Woman who ran "The Town Too Tough to Die"
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

Roman Times

All things take place by change
The cornucopia in Greco-Roman mythology
Roman opponents: The Parthians
Roman gaming and learning not to sweat the small stuff
King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene: Meeting the Challenges of a Buffer Kingdom
Sirens in ancient mythology and beyond
First impressions of Pompeii
The provenance of skeletal remains in Pompeii
Books That Matter: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Mosaics at the Musée de la Romanité in Nîmes, France

Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: Phillis Wheatley
Behind the Scenes Minis: Bonsai and Flexner
Abraham Flexner and the Flexner Report
A Brief History of Bonsai
SYMHC Classics: Robert Smalls - From Contraband to Congress
Behind the Scenes Minis: Q&A and the Myth of Irish Slaves
Why No One Talks About 'The Irish Slaves'
SYMHC: Q & A
SYMHC Classics: The Incredible Escape of Robert Smalls
Behind the Scenes Minis: H.L. Hunley and Gospel Blues

Intelligent Life

Sex, anger, lust, danger: the semiotics of scarlet
Will virtual-reality gyms let us work out in the pandemic?
The United Nations of Uniqlo
The secret economics of a VIP party
How to go on holiday in a pandemic
The internet, mon amour
Why global crises are the mother of invention
How stargazing could save your life
How Charlie Chaplin put the little guy on the big screen
Do you know a good... plant stylist?

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