This Week in History

  NOVA MCGILL Contributor On March 1, 1910, a catastrophic avalanche took place near Wellington in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. It is one of the deadliest avalanches ever…

  NOVA MCGILL Contributor The inaugural running of the Daytona 500 occurred on February 22, 1959 at the newly constructed Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. This event, created…

  NOVA MCGILL Contributor The teddy bear, one of the most loved toys in history, was named after an incident involving President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. During a hunting trip…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor The first publishing of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) took place on February 1, 1884, when Oxford University Press released the dictionary’s first installment (called…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor One of the most famous paintings in the world, “The Scream” by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, has been stolen more than once. However, the most…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor National Geographic began in Washington, D.C. on January 13, 1888 as an endeavor for serious scholarship brought together by 33 scientists, explorers, and thinkers, all…

      NOVA MCGILL Contributor The landing of Captain James Cook in Hawai‘i was more than a marking on a map; it is a profoundly human event that is…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor On January 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry made headlines with a striking report that revealed a direct connection between smoking and cancer. Terry…

      NOVA MCGILL Contributor On January 5, 1933, workers kicked off the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge by digging out a staggering 3.25 million cubic feet of…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor It marked the beginning of a new era, as it was the beginning of what would remain as a communal public act throughout the history…