by Matilda Cruz | Oct 31, 2024 | History
In 1918, after the end of the First World War, the world faced a new crisis: a health emergency. In March of that year, cases of a new strain of influenza began to be reported in the United States, and by April, the cases were reported in countries all around the...
by Matilda Cruz | Oct 30, 2024 | History
On this day, October 30, 1872, a woman was born who would tell Americans how to behave for the next hundred years. Emily Post didn’t invent etiquette. But she gave it style, heart, and relevance, and made good manners a national obsession. She was born Emily Bruce...
by Matilda Cruz | Oct 29, 2024 | History
On this day, October 29, 1787, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart unleashed a storm of sound and sin upon the stage of Prague’s Estates Theatre. The opera is known as Don Giovanni. Who was Don Giovanni? A fictional nobleman, based on the Spanish legend of Don Juan. He seduced...
by Matilda Cruz | Oct 28, 2024 | History
In the early 20th century, the Austro-Hungarian Empire remained one of the Great Powers of Europe. Formed in 1867, the Empire established a dual monarchy that combined the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. However, it was a multiethnic state, and internal...
by Matilda Cruz | Oct 27, 2024 | History
Today marks a significant moment in history as New Yorkers opened their morning papers to discover something unusual: an unsigned essay encouraging them to support the newly proposed U.S. Constitution. Published in The Independent Journal on October 27, 1787, the...
by Matilda Cruz | Oct 26, 2024 | History
On October 26, 1863, a significant event took place at the Freemasons’ Tavern on Great Queen Street in London: the establishment of The Football Association (FA). This historic meeting marked the official beginning of modern soccer, laying the groundwork for...
