August

Click to view full Infographic The story of Africa in the 19th century is defined by conflict, though in a drastically different way than it has been over the last…

Click to view full Infographic The ever-expanding reach of technology has made the reality of a natural disaster that much more palpable in the modern age. With in the span…

Click to view full Infographic After seven years of attempting to secure funding and disappointment after disappointment, Christopher Columbus set sail on his infamous voyage to the New World on…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons With the Yuan Dynasty faltering, competing rebel factions sought to gain a foothold as the next in line. On August 30, 1363, one of the final…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons One of the world’s most famous unsolved mysteries began early in the morning of Friday, August 31, 1888: at 3:40am, Charles Cross drove his cart down…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons In the toughest part of New Orleans, a poor black family gave birth to one of the shining lights in the city’s history. Louis Armstrong, who…

In the midst of a period of explosive change in modern Iran, the Persian Constitutional Revolution gained momentum when Mozzafar-al-Din Shah Qajar agreed to the establishment of a parliament on…

After more than a decade’s worth of on-again, off-again work, CERN fellow Tim Berners-Lee laid out a web page with directions on how to create your own server and use…

After more than a century of French rule – and a 15-year fight – the Cote d’Ivoire gained its independence from its colonial masters on August 7th, 1960. Thanks to…

Click to view full Infographic In the first of many battles between the British colonial government and those looking for an independent Indian state, the Quit India Movement came to…