In 1636, according to an 1841 account by Scottish author Charles MacKay, all of Dutch society went mad with exotic tulips. As Mackay wrote in
As human civilizations expand, infectious diseases also emerge. Large groups of people living close together along with animals that were poorly maintained or malnourished provided
On April 17, 1957, Maurice Hilleman realized that a pandemic was en route to the United States. That day, The New York Times reported a
In 1972, it seemed that ratifying the equal rights amendment was almost a sure thing. First proposed to Congress in 1923 by suffragist Alice Paul,
Dwight Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, would never forget the moment his boots hit the sand during Operation Overlord – the
When a natural disaster, pandemic, war, or other crisis occurs, the Americans have responded with kindness, turning both civilians and notables into heroes. According to
During the 1950s and 1960s, the civil rights movement dominated the political landscape. But for Bernard Garrett, an African American born and raised in the
“ARE YOU DOING ALL YOU CAN?” “We can do it!” During the Second World War, Americans at home were reminded to do their part by
From the American point of view in 1889, the Russian flu was hardly a problem. What if it had struck with a vengeance in the