Category: U.S. Historical News
SS Eastland Disaster of 1915
On the morning of July 24, 1915, passengers boarded the SS Eastland. They were the families and employees of the Western Electric Company’s Hawthorne Works,…
Strange Blue Bullet Shaped Light Seen West of Chapel Hill N.C. 1956
Source: The Chapel Hill Weekly. December 04, 1956, Page 1. Duncan Ivey Sees Strange Blue Light Duncan Ivey, who lives in the country west of…
Strange Light in Sky Mystifying to Peasants of France 1922
Strange Light in Sky Mystifying to Peasants of France Source: Brownsville Herald. December 24, 1922, Page 1. Angers, France, Dec. 23. – Superstitious peasants of…
Strange Light in Alaska 1933
Strange Light Reported Source: Evening Star. February 24, 1933, Page A-2. Washington, DC. Anchorage, Alaska, February 24. – Dr. Ralph Tuck, Government geologist with the…
Airship Passed Here
Airship Passed Here Source: Wood County Reporter. April 15, 1897. Page 1. That mystifying and strange airship, balloon, meteor, tailless comet, wandering star, headlight of…
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Also known as the Washington Place Fire, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire claimed the lives of 146 workers. It was Saturday March 25, 1911. At…
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
While I know that most of you want me to get into the gory details about Mary’s death, I’m going to first give a quick…
US Quarantine During the Spanish Flu
From January 1918 to December 1920, it is estimated that the Spanish Flu infected about 500 million people worldwide and ended the lives of 50…
The Great Toilet Paper Scare of 1973
1973 was quite a year in American history. There was the stock market crash, an oil embargo, and shortages in electricity, onions, and gasoline. But…
Sugar Propaganda – Early 20th Century
We were groomed to exist off of a sugar diet. As I will show you, the sugar diet began taking root at the end of…
