March

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons In desperate need of some good news three months before the Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, General George Washington and the Continental Army managed the first…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons More than four decades after the institution of nationwide segregation, the white minority in South Africa voted to end racial discrimination against blacks on March 18,…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Stretching across one of the most famous waterways in the world, the Sydney Harbour Bridge cuts a familiar figure against the backdrop of Australia’s biggest city.…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons After more than a decade of providing assistance to the government of South Vietnam, the United States expanded its involvement in the Vietnamese conflict with the…

Throughout human history, the arts have been an effective means to reflect on or protest against the ills of society. When it comes to American literature, there can be little…

The Republican Party was founded on March 20, 1854. The party was established with an aim to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories of the USA. The…

Frustrated with a year-long heating up of the Cold War, President of the United States Jimmy Carter made a bold decision to show his disgust with the Soviet Union: American…

Every 30 seconds, the sound of bells breaks the quiet of a forest 45 miles north of the Belarusian capital, Minsk. In the middle of a wide clearing, a tall…

On March 22, 1945, the Arab League was formed in Cairo, Egypt. The league, which is a regional organization of Arab states, was formed by six countries which included Egypt,…

The modern city is defined by tall steel buildings stretching hundreds of feet above the streets. Until March 23, 1857, skyscrapers were little more than a dream. The first Otis…