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This Day in History

Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree
USS Pueblo captured
Madeline Albright becomes first female secretary of state
Toy company Wham-O produces first Frisbees
Hulk Hogan beats Iron Sheik to win first WWF title
President George H.W. Bush honors Women’s World Cup champions
Soldiers massacre sleeping camp of Native Americans
Singer, actor, athlete, activist Paul Robeson dies
Deadliest earthquake in history rocks China
Videotaped murder leads to convictions in Texas

BBC News

Coronavirus: Wuhan to shut public transport over outbreak
Impeachment: Democrats reject witness swap in Trump trial
Harvey Weinstein trial: Defence hits back after graphic prosecution claims
Australia fires: Three dead in Australia firefighting plane crash
Jeff Bezos hack: UN experts demand probe of Saudi crown prince
US plans limits for 'emotional support' animals on flights
Yad Vashem: Why Poland won't be attending Holocaust memorial
Seattle shooting: Manhunt after one person killed and seven wounded
Jean-Paul Gaultier: Stars turn out for designer's final show
Luigi Di Maio: Italy populist steps down before key election

New York Times

In Impeachment Case, Schiff Accuses Trump of Trying ‘to Cheat’ in Election
Two Legal Teams With Contrasting Strategies Face Off in the Capitol
Rebuke From Roberts Signals His Limited Role in Trump’s Senate Trial
McConnell Prefers to Hold ’Em, but Also Knows When to Fold ’Em
Wuhan, Center of Coronavirus Outbreak, Is Being Cut Off by Chinese Authorities
A Scramble to Retrace the Steps of the First Wuhan Coronavirus Case in the U.S.
Scale of China’s Wuhan Shutdown Is Believed to Be Without Precedent
Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands
In Presidential First, Trump Will Attend Anti-Abortion March for Life
How Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X Was Hacked

Time Magazine

Australia Searching for Water Tanker Plane That May Have Crashed Fighting Bushfires
Rapper Juice WRLD Died of Accidental Drug Overdose, Coroner Rules
‘A Fighting Chance’: Tulsi Gabbard Could Possibly Win Her Defamation Suit Against Hillary Clinton
1 Killed, 7 Wounded, Including 9-Year-Old, in Shooting in Downtown Seattle. Here’s What to Know
Trump Will Be First President to Speak at Anti-Abortion March for Life Rally
Supreme Court Weighs Case Over Religious Schools That Could Upend the Line Between Church and State
They’ve Just Started to Make Their Case, and Democrats Are Already Battling Impeachment Fatigue
Giants Quarterback Eli Manning Retires After 16 Seasons and 2 Super Bowls
President Trump Minimizes Severity of Troop Head Injuries in Iran Missile Attacks
The Global Mental Health Crisis Requires a Worldwide Investment, Advocates Say On TIME Davos Panel

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Reuters News

China locks down epicenter of virus outbreak; nearly 600 infected
Residents of China's Wuhan rush to stock up as transport links severed
Australian air tanker feared crashed while fighting bushfires
Singapore's Scoot cancels flight to China's Wuhan over virus outbreak
Japan urges citizens to avoid non-urgent trips to Wuhan due to new coronavirus

WSJ World News

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The World Next Week

Trump’s Impeachment Continues, China’s Mysterious Outbreak, and More
Soleimani’s Killing, U.S.-China ‘Phase One’ Trade Deal, and More
The World Next Year: Looking Ahead to 2020
The Afghanistan Papers, Trade Talks, and More
The UK’s Pivotal Election, Ukraine’s Peace Talks, and More
Live! The World Next Week’s Tenth Anniversary Special (Rebroadcast)
G20 Foreign Ministers Convene, Hong Kong Protests Continue, and More
Sergei Magnitsky Is Remembered, SecDef Esper Travels to South Korea, and More
TWNW Presents: Why It Matters
Erdogan Visits the White House, Spain Holds Another Election, and More

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

A Shipwreck Off Florida's Coast Pits Archaeologists Against Treasure Hunters
The Diplomatic Intrigue That Gave Morocco a Cameo Appearance in the U.S. Civil War
In 1851, a Maryland Farmer Tried to Kidnap Free Blacks in Pennsylvania. He Wasn't Expecting the Neighborhood to Fight Back
The American Scion Who Secured British Neutrality in the U.S. Civil War
How Manhattan’s Diamond District Continues To Operate Like an Old World Bazaar
To Craft Cutting Tools, Neanderthals Dove for Clam Shells on the Ocean Floor
How the Government Came to Decide the Color of Your Food
How the Heroes of Africa Triumphed Against All Odds
How Haiti’s Devastating Earthquake Prompted a Worldwide Effort to Safeguard Cultural Heritage
These Photos Capture the World's Sewer Systems When They Were Brand New

The New Yorker

Adam Schiff’s Moment at the Senate Impeachment Trial
The Urgent But Stilted “Les Misérables”
How an Iowa Farmer Used the Campaign-Stop Economy to Push Climate Action on 2020 Democrats
Chief Justice John Roberts’s After-Midnight Warning in the Impeachment Trial
Fun Things to Do in Relationship Limbo
Watch Live: Day 2 of Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, January 22nd
Welcome Aboard Our Newest Roller Coaster, the Freelancer
Glenn Greenwald on Brazil’s Charges Against Him
Ellen Bass Reads Frank X. Gaspar

History Today

Removing That Little Knot
1933: Death of a Democracy
On the Spot: Sophie Hay
Don’t Dismiss Damsels
Jesus the Medieval Feminist
How Not to Prepare for Nuclear War
The Aztec God of the Dead
Brooklyn Baby
Has Monarchy Had its Day?
News from Otherwhere

History Today Podcasts

A History of Now
A discussion about Mein Kampf
Tibet's Secret Temple
Day of the Dead
Silk Roads Past and Present
The Profits of Slavery
The Root of Language
Magna Carta
Piers Plowman
In Conversation With Greg Jenner

Medievalists Blog

Terry Jones, historian and Monty Python member, passes away
Sanctuary with Shannon McSheffrey
Studying the Middle Ages: Historical Food for Thought in the Present Day
Seizing Power, Keeping Power, and kicking up a fuss in early medieval England and France
Cathedral Thinking is Dead. Long Live Cathedral Thinking

In the Middle – Medieval Blog

#RaceB4Race: Beginnings
drop everything and read this now: "BlacKKKShakespearean: A Call to Action for Medieval and Early Modern Studies"
The Monster They Have Created: Tone-Policing, Victim Blaming, and the Toxicity of White Medieval Studies
#RaceB4Race and how you can help create a better future for the field
Ravens, Doves, Stowaways: Some Thoughts From Noah's Ark

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

Simon de Montfort’s medieval revolution
The Windrush generation
Puritans and the Mayflower
The Auschwitz volunteer
Medieval myths
Confronting a dark past
From Allies to enemies
The long history of Brexit
The filthy Middle Ages?
A curious history of Christmas

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

Myanmar, the Rohingya people & genocide: Inside the International Court of Justice
The resistance of Black Canada: State surveillance and suppression
Reconciliation can't happen without reclamation of land, argues Max FineDay
Machines that can think: real benefits, the Apocalypse, or 'dog-spaghetti'?
Education without liberal arts is a threat to humanity, argues UBC President
A chair is never just a chair: A social history of a ubiquitous household item, Part 2
A chair is never just a chair: A social history of a ubiquitous household item, Part 1
We must recapture the lost 'art' of scripture: Karen Armstrong
Animals under the law: What options are there for animals to 'lawyer up'?
Bright IDEAS for 2020: Our annual New Year's levee

Council on Foreign Relations

What to Expect From Putin’s Shake-Up
What’s at Stake in Libya’s War?
France and G5 Sahel Recommit Themselves as U.S. Mulls Drawdown
A New UN Cybercrime Treaty? The Way Forward for Supporters of an Open, Free, and Secure Internet
Brexit’s Finish Line Is Only the "End of the Beginning" for Britain and the European Union
Top Conflicts to Watch in 2020: A Crisis Between Russia and Ukraine
The World Is Heading Back to the Future—to Another Volatile, Roaring ‘20s
Violence Against Women: Beyond Multilateral Virtue Signaling
Women This Week: Finland’s All-Female Coalition Government
The Debate Over Letting Balkan States Into the EU

A Don’s Life

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Today’s Document from the National Archives

Act to name the John F. Kennedy Center

The History Blog

15th c. sauna found in Mexico City
Largest 15th c. ship being pieced back together
Two Boys with a Bladder head for LA
Extremely rare Assyrian rock reliefs found in Iraqi Kurdistan
Stolen painting found in gallery wall verified as missing Klimt
Edith Wharton’s copy of The Age of Innocence donated to her home
Oldest known city view of Venice identified
Export blocked for unique anchorite manual
16th c. Venetian shipwreck treasures shared with the world
Remains of US pilot downed on D-Day identified

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

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
Scandalous Bad Girl - Annie Anderson

Roman Times

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
Review: A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity by Keith Hopkins
Time Travel Rome Mobil App: The Entire Roman Empire In Your Pocket!
Julius Caesar Reborn!!!
Review: The Throne of Caesar by Steven Saylor

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Sculptures, Part 2
Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Sculptures, Part 1
SYMHC Classics: The Ghost Army
Behind the Scenes Minis: André Le Nôtre
André Le Nôtre, Part 2
André Le Nôtre, Part 1
SYMHC Classics: Hokusai
Behind the Scenes Minis: Joan Curran and Murasaki Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu and the Tale of Genji
Joan Strothers Curran and Radar Countermeasures

Intelligent Life

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