This Week in History

      NOVA MCGILL Contributor On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks made a choice that felt small in the moment but ended up changing… Login to continue reading Login…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor The first issue of “LIFE” magazine, which hit the newsstands on November 23, 1936, marked a milestone in American media… Login to continue reading Login…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address for the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in… Login to continue reading Login…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor On the ninth of November, immediately in the early hours of 1938, the Nazi rulers of Germany coordinated and directed… Login to continue reading Login…

      NOVA MCGILL Contributor  One of the most extraordinary discoveries in the history of archaeology was the unearthing of King Tutankhamun’s tomb on… Login to continue reading Login…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” made its first and only flight. This large airplane was primarily made… Login to continue reading Login…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor  In an unprecedentedly somber television address, President John F. Kennedy announced on October 22, 1962 that U.S. spy planes had… Login to continue reading Login…

    Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World on October 12, 1492 marked a major turning point in history, opening the Americas to European… Login to continue reading Login…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor   Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc., passed away on October 5, 2011 at just 56 years old after… Login to continue reading Login…

    NOVA MCGILL Contributor Yosemite National Park officially became a protected area on October 1, 1890, thanks to President Benjamin Harrison signing a law… Login to continue reading Login…