by Matilda Cruz | Sep 16, 2022 | History
On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower left England to begin its journey to America. Another vessel, the Speedwell, was meant to accompany it. After several leaks caused weeks of delays, though, the Speedwell clearly wasn’t seaworthy. Some of its passengers...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 31, 2022 | History
On August 11th, 1992, the infamous Ruby Ridge standoff between the FBI and self-proclaimed white separatist Randy Weaver officially came to an end. The standoff lasted 11 days after Weaver refused to appear in court when he was charged with the possession and sale of...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 6, 2022 | History
At around 8 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the sky over Hiroshima changed forever. The U.S. bomber Enola Gay dropped a devastating atomic bomb called “Little Boy,” which weighed 9,700 pounds. The bomb detonated 600 meters above the city, creating a fireball with...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 4, 2022 | History
Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. At that time, no one could have predicted that he would eventually become the 44th President of the United States, as well as the first African American to hold that office. Obama’s roots were...
by Matilda Cruz | Jul 30, 2022 | History
On this day, the Soviet Union’s secret police, the NKVD, issued Order No. 00447. This order showcased what would now be considered genocide in our current age- it proposed that “traitors” and “exclusively bandit originators” be...
