The Birth of Wyatt Earp
The legendary figure of the Wild West was born on 19 March 1848.
USA
The Sinking of the Maine
The United States battleship was blown up in an explosion during Cuba's uprising against Spain. What caused the explosion and who was responsible?
Maiden Flight of the 'Spruce Goose'
Ian Fitzgerald describes the maiden flight of the 'Spruce Goose', the largest seaplane ever built, on November 2nd, 1947.
John Cabot Sails for North America
John Cabot set sail from Bristol, England, looking for a route to the west on May 20th 1497.
The Women's Movement
Martin Pugh charts the Women's Movement's origins and growth 1850-1939.
Film in Context: I was a Communist for the FBI
Dan Leab looks at a classic Cold War movie and the shadowy figure who inspired it.
Electing the President, 1896
Edward Ranson on the house race that split and defined a fin-de-siecle US.
Radio Days on America's Home Front
Gerd Horten on how 'soaps' helped win the war after Pearl Harbor.
Un americano a Roma
David Ellwood discusses America's cultural take-over of Europe in a seemingly innocent Italian 1950s comedy called "Un Americano a Roma". The comedy features a hapless hero whose attempts to Americanise himself mirror Italy's struggle to handle a clash of cultures after World War II.
Combat Trauma in the American Civil War
Shell-shocked - a phrase redolent of the Western Front and the Great War. But was it also a reality fifty years earlier on the killing fields of Virginia? John Talbott investigates.