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Women’s History Spotlight: Human Rights
March is Women’s History Month in the United States. Throughout the month, the Britannica Blog will spotlight significant people, places, and events in women’s history. As Sunday marks the 100th...
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Women’s History Spotlight: Visual Arts
March is Women’s History Month in the United States. Throughout the month, the Britannica Blog will spotlight significant people, places, and events in women’s history. As Thursday marked the 90th...
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Mission Accomplished: The 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War
Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. The conflict, which lasted eight years and raged with varying degrees of intensity, resulted in more than 4,000 American military...
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Women’s History Spotlight: Sports
March is Women’s History Month in the United States. Throughout the month, the Britannica Blog will spotlight significant people, places, and events in women’s history. As American race car driver...
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“World Peace through Trade”: Remembering the World Trade Center
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the World Trade Center. Prior to the completion of the Sears (now Willis) Tower in 1974, One World Trade Center was the world’s tallest...
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Capes Over Chicago: C2E2
Comic, science fiction, and fantasy fans of every stripe will gather in the Windy City this week for the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2). Britannica celebrates the event, one of the...
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The Battle of Chancellorsville and the Death of Stonewall Jackson
This week marks the 150th anniversary of the conclusion of Battle of Chancellorsville. The battle, which saw the Confederate army of General Robert E. Lee face a Union host more than twice its size, is...
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Happy Birthday, Norma Jeane
Tomorrow would have been Marilyn Monroe‘s 87th birthday. The troubled actress lived most of her adult life in the public eye, and her tragic death at the age of 36 remains the subject of a whirlwind of...
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10 Years of Spirit and Opportunity: The Mars Exploration Rovers
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of NASA‘s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Along with its twin, Opportunity, the two robotic vehicles were designed to survey the surface of Mars. Each...
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Britannica Celebrates Flag Day
Credit: © yui/Shutterstock.com June 14 is celebrated as Flag Day in the United States, a national holiday to commemorate the date in 1777 when the country approved the design for its first flag. While...
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The March on Washington at 50
Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. This seminal event in American civil rights history reached its climax with an address by Martin Luther King, Jr., that has since come...
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