The virgin “Lizzie” revealed in history

by Michael E Dehn | Jul 20, 2025 | History references, International insights

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250714-why-the-virgin-queen-never-married

In WW1, an unfortunate American, the last American soldier killed in World War I was Henry Gunther, who died at 10:59 a.m. on November 11, 1918, just one minute before the armistice took effect. And framed in that stark brutal military reality comes this in WW2

by Michael E Dehn | Jul 16, 2025 | History references, Military considerations, WAR is hell

https://www.cnn.com/travel/last-us-fire-raid-kumagaya-japan-world-war-ii-intl-hnk-ml

We remember the heat 30 years ago in Chicago

by Michael E Dehn | Jul 14, 2025 | Breaking News, Chicago centric content, History references, Weather events, Weather realities

https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/07/11/chicago-heat-wave-1995-deaths-brandon-johnson-northwestern-university-climate-change?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=071425%20Afternoon%20Edition&utm_content=071425%20Afternoon%20Edition+CID_5c7814e0ca2343088...

And today in 1863 in New York City…THE WORST remembered

by Michael E Dehn | Jul 13, 2025 | History references, Military considerations, New York frame of mind, New York Theatre

New York Draft Riots 1/Today marks the anniversary of the New York City Draft Riots, which erupted on July 13, 1863, during the height of the Civil War. These were the deadliest civil disturbance in U.S. history up to that point, fueled by class resentment and war...

A “TREE”mendous factoid

by Michael E Dehn | Jul 12, 2025 | History references

There were ginkgo trees on Earth before the...

Think you’re having a bad day? Be glad you weren’t born in the year 536…

by Michael E Dehn | Jul 12, 2025 | History references

536 AD: The Worst Year in Human History | Watch