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… were often labeled luxuriant leeches. However, by 1900, the common dog was a faithful companion and beloved family member. While not everyone then—nor now—accepted dogs, their place in modern life … the trendiest 18th-century English pet.  Dogs transitioned into their new role as family pets due to evolving …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … in the United States. Portrait of Roman Emperor Tiberius. None of these responses are new. When we reflect on the … erected statues of him. Tiberius then struck and circulated coins celebrating his rebuilding efforts, the ancient …

… Delaware Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell's recent comment–wondering whether “separation of church and state” … not within his power in any case–but simply to offer one practical construction of the Amendment's broad language … amendment. These would have prohibited establishing "one religious sect or society in preference to others," or …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open … he hoped Bush “is not as stupid as he seems.” But there is one way that Bush could probably improve his image, not only … Clinton, after all, opposed the war in Vietnam, had visited Russia in the 1970s, and had close ties to China — …

… been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … In 1990, the government freed Nelson Mandela, the imprisoned leader of the ANC, and began negotiations to create a … looking for jobs, unemployment may be as high as 40%; its official rate is 27%. Critics on the left argue that …

… Warren Beatty’s pseudo-presidential campaign, he’s already done something that most candidates can only dream about. … our more prominent pundits have actually repeated, and thus compounded, the movie star’s error. The bogus quotation … collected works or certified recollected words. His official biographer called the statement, which began …

… next day. Hamilton’s premature death transformed him from one of the last stalwarts of the fading Federalist Party to … of Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton , he has also become a pop culture icon. Meanwhile, as the character of … Aaron Burr puts it in Hamilton: “He may have been the first one to die / But I’m the one who paid for it.” The duel …

… contended that nuclear power was a green technology and one of the most promising ways to slow global warming … industry representatives, but many environmentalists have come to see nuclear power as key to end world dependence on … radioisotopes that fill the environment.  By 2017, 46 NPP sites had leaks or spills that involved radioactive tritium …

… the end of World War II in Europe. This year as in previous ones, Europeans commemorated VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a combination … Thus, eastern Europe and particularly Poland —the site of the Jewish Pale of Settlement established by tsarist … Milestones …

… the portrait of Grant off the $50 bill and replace it with one of Ronald Reagan. I had forgotten that Grant graces the … who watched the Kremlin used to study photographs of official Soviet events to see which Communist Party members were visible and which had been …

… for as many as 300 million deaths in the 20th century alone. On May 8, 1980, smallpox played another momentous role … of  public health , when the  World Health Organization officially declared the disease eradicated. This was the … was the result of a decades-long global program involving complex geopolitical cooperation, human ingenuity, and …

… this time of a young Marine shooting a wounded Iraqi prisoner in Fallujah. The soldier in question has been removed … duty and may face a court martial. U.S. military and Iraqi officials have decried the incident. This sort of act is … the last decades of the 20th century. Tales of Americans committing atrocities in Korea have persisted for decades. …

… his reader back to a Middle America before Europeans, as commercial and military power shifted between Mississippian and Oneota (Ho-Chunk, Ioway, Missouria, and Otoe ) peoples. That … White finds that Indigenous nations and French colonial officials were forced to create new ways for cultural and …

… current appellation, Zetian, was her posthumous title. Her official given name was Zhao, a character she created for … the Sui and established the Tang dynasty. He rose to become Minister of Works, giving Wu Zetian an early taste of … Struck by her features, Yuan declared that the child would one day rule the realm . As a child, she lived with her …

… has ordered Microsoft broken in two, and the appeal has gone to the Supreme Court. Why is Microsoft in so much … Americans have hated political and economic bullies. "Free competition" has always been our rallying cry and the … built the world's greatest economy–and sued 40 "bad" ones that preyed on smaller fry. The most notorious was the …

… and 1970s, the height of the sexual revolution and during one of the most progressive periods in the Court's history.  … the time, and that nature is not entirely consistent with one that has been celebrated by liberals and condemned by … Instead, the holding is evidence of a much more tenuous commitment to a liberal sexually revolutionizing agenda.  …

… protests in Hong Kong that have directly challenged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies and yet have not been … and other civil liberties if enacted) and the North Korean one are very different sorts of affairs. Yet taken together … treason and censorship laws, they point out, and many local officials seem more concerned now with pleasing the CCP …

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, produced by Origins: Current Events and Historical … and Leticia Wiggins . Find our podcasts and more at our website Origins.osu.edu and you can find us on Twitter, …

… at Lincoln Center over the years. His philanthropy was, at one level, an act of generosity toward the arts that he … merely create a postal system, the most important means of communication at the turn of the 19 th century. It … paid for with federal money. When Lincoln Center officials renamed the New York State Theater after David …

… beyond the myth of the first Thanksgiving, exploring the complicated politics that came to dominate a world created … and expand his power. Massasoit's legacy, then, is a mixed one. Due to his ability to maintain peace with the Pilgrims, the story of Massasoit is one of a "benevolent and wise leader who maintained a half …

… Contemporary televised sport, in many ways, has become a better fan experience than being there live. You get … in the business of luring people out of the house to spend money on live entertainment were wary of the long-term impact … be called closed-circuit venues – around the country. The  official   record of the 1936 Games claims that over 160,000 …

… Just how has American society mobilized for a sense of common purpose in the past? And why have we seemed to lose … At different points, particularly as the United States has gone to war, it has been vitally important to have a … , what we Americans came to call the First World War, beckoned in the 2 nd decade of the 20 th century. World War I …

… in a workshop where the featured guest made an impassioned argument for answer C.  The collapse of the Soviet … in the Cold War — it drove decision-making within the communist bloc through the 1950s.  For Lüthi, alternative … Disagreements which began on the polemic level—Soviet officials frequently criticized Chinese behavior as ignorant …