This Week in History

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor Colo’s birth brought a historical change in how humans treated, studied, and showed empathy for the great apes. This occurred on December 22, 1956 at…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor The advent of human flight is among the marvelous feats in the fields of engineering and innovation. The credit for this historical flight of the…

      NOVA MCGILL Contributor The surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941, on Pearl Harbor formed a turning point in American history, one which…

      NOVA MCGILL Contributor On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks made a choice that felt small in the moment but ended up changing the direction of American history.…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor The first issue of “LIFE” magazine, which hit the newsstands on November 23, 1936, marked a milestone in American media and photojournalism. Relaunched by Henry…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address for the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In a few…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor On the ninth of November, immediately in the early hours of 1938, the Nazi rulers of Germany coordinated and directed attacks against Jewries in Germany,…

      NOVA MCGILL Contributor  One of the most extraordinary discoveries in the history of archaeology was the unearthing of King Tutankhamun’s tomb on November 4, 1922. Over a…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” made its first and only flight. This large airplane was primarily made of birch, not spruce, and…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor  In an unprecedentedly somber television address, President John F. Kennedy announced on October 22, 1962 that U.S. spy planes had discovered Soviet bases with Russian…