This Week in History

This week in history: The Second City is ravaged by fire and the Big Apple premieres “Porgy and Bess.” Read more on Wondrium Daily! […]

This week in history: Mao Zedong proclaimed People’s Republic of China and Hurricane Flora devastates Haiti. Learn more with The Great Courses Plus. […]

This week in history: Supreme Court is Established and a Mid-air collision kills 153 over San Diego. Learn more with The Great Courses Plus. […]

This week in history: A Brave New World’s Writer, Aldous Huxley, Hired at Eton and George Washington gives his farewell speech in Philadelphia, PA. […]

This Week In History: Large Hadron Collider Powers Up, Attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and “The Star Spangled Banner” completed. Read more on Wondrium Daily […]

This week in history: 1783 Treaty of Paris was signed, Michelangelo’s David Unveiled, and Longest Known Cave Passageway Found. […]

This week in history: “I Have A Dream” orated at the Lincoln Memorial, Bobby Fischer wins “Match of the Century,” and J.R.R. Tolkien dies.  […]

This week in history: Cannons become instruments in the infamous 1812 Overture, Pompeii is destroyed, and Michelangelo commissioned to create the Pietà. Read more below and dive deeper with The Great Courses Plus. […]

This week in history: First Near-Earth Asteroid discovered, Cologne Cathedral’s foundation laid, and five suspected witches hanged in Salem, MA. Read more below and dive deeper with The Great Courses Plus. […]