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By History.com Editors !– tml-version=”2″ –Pirates had not captured a ship sailing under the American flag since the 1820s until April 8, 2009, when the MV Maersk Alabama was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. […]

By History.com Editors !– tml-version=”2″ –On April 30, 2004, the CBS program 60 Minutes reports on abuse of prisoners by American military forces at Abu Ghraib, a prison in Iraq. The report, which featured […]

By History.com Editors !– tml-version=”2″ –On April 30, 1997, at exactly 12:11 pm, London’s iconic Big Ben clock stops ticking. For 54 minutes, the most famous clock in the world failed to keep time.Completed […]

By Natasha Frost Stripped of their most basic human rights, patients nonetheless built lives and communities.!– tml-version=”2″ –For millennia, a diagnosis of leprosy meant a life sentence of social isolation. […]

By Patrick J. Kiger Republican president William Taft successfully advocated for a permanent, national income tax.!– tml-version=”2″ –Every year, millions of Americans have to amass their financial records and […]

By Sarah Pruitt While historians and scholars debate many aspects of Jesus’ life, most agree on what language he mainly spoke.!– tml-version=”2″ –While scholars generally agree that Jesus was a , Jesus […]

By Dave Roos Doctors first tried injecting patients with blood plasma in the early 1900s. The method has been used against diphtheria, the Spanish Flu, the measles and Ebola.!– tml-version=”2″ –In 1934, a […]

By History.com Editors !– tml-version=”2″ –On April 30, 1993, four years after publishing a proposal for “an idea of linked information systems,” computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee released the source code for […]

By History.com Editors !– tml-version=”2″ –On April 8, 1990, 18-year-old Ryan White dies of pneumonia, due to having contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. He had been given six months to live in December […]

By Volker Janssen Since little was understood about the virus that left some paralyzed and others dead, fear filled the vacuum.!– tml-version=”2″ –In the 1950s, the polio virus terrified American families. […]

By History.com Editors !– tml-version=”2″ –On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to […]

By Ellen DuBois The 19th Amendment was ratified just in time to include women voters in the next presidential election.!– tml-version=”2″ –The year 1917 was highly consequential for the Suffragists had nine […]

By Missy Sullivan ‘Walk’ among the terra cotta warriors. Tour Anne Frank’s secret annex. Read letters to FDR. And more.!– tml-version=”2″ –The need for social distancing may have forced museums and historic […]

By Dave Roos Way back in the 14th century, public health officials didn’t understand viruses, but they understood the importance of keeping a distance and disinfecting.!– tml-version=”2″ –Almost 700 years ago, […]

By Becky Little The Great Plague and the Great Fire of London were two unimaginable disasters with no silver lining.!– tml-version=”2″ –In 1665 and 1666, one city experienced two enormous tragedies: the Great […]

By Dave Roos Only world wars have led to cancellation of the Olympics, but other events, including politics, terrorism—and now pandemics—have encroached upon the games.!– tml-version=”2″ –Since the opening of […]

By Greg Daugherty Modern transportation helped make it the first global outbreak.!– tml-version=”2″ –From America’s vantage in 1889, the Russian influenza posed little cause for concern. So what if it had […]

By Erin Blakemore The Cold War-era law went into effect during a time when President Truman felt the nation was unprepared.!– tml-version=”2″ –“Are YOU doing all you can?” “We can do it!” During World War II, […]

By Alexis Clark Using white colleagues as front men, Bernard Garrett bought real estate, made millions and uplifted fellow blacks in pursuit of the American dream.!– tml-version=”2″ –During the 1950s and ‘60s, […]

By Lesley Kennedy From the American Civil War to pandemics to the attacks of 9/11, individuals have responded to emergencies with generosity and grace. Here are some examples.!– tml-version=”2″ –When a natural […]