Jennifer Latson

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How a Real Genetic Disorder Could Have Inspired Fairy Tales

While researching a book on the genetic disorder, a writer learns of possible links between the syndrome and mythological figures

By Jennifer Latson

What Margaret Sanger Really Said About Eugenics and Race

Was she the racist that some allege?

By Jennifer Latson

Why Birth Control Pioneer Margaret Sanger Kept Getting Arrested

Oct. 16, 1916: Margaret Sanger opens America’s first family planning clinic

By Jennifer Latson

How Margaret Thatcher Won Britain’s Top Office

Oct. 13, 1925: Margaret Thatcher is born

By Jennifer Latson

How Oktoberfest Has Weathered Stormy Times

Oct. 12, 1810: Oktoberfest is held for the first time

By Jennifer Latson

How Che Guevara Didn't Let Asthma Affect His Ambitions

Oct. 9, 1967: Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia for inciting a revolution

By Jennifer Latson

We Still Don't Know How the Great Chicago Fire Started

Oct. 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire begins

By Jennifer Latson

A Murder That Shocked the World, at Sea and on Stage

Oct. 7, 1985: Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship and kill an American passenger

By Jennifer Latson

Groucho Marx at 125: Remembering His Craziest Characters

Oct. 2, 1890: Groucho Marx is born

By Jennifer Latson

The Mysterious Disappearance of the Diesel Engine’s Inventor

Sept. 29, 1913: Rudolf Diesel vanishes at sea

By Jennifer Latson

How Being a Slob Helped Alexander Fleming Discover Penicillin

Sept. 28, 1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

By Jennifer Latson

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Best Burns Ever

Sept. 24, 1896: F. Scott Fitzgerald is born

By Jennifer Latson

How Bob Marley Lived on After His Last Show

Sept. 23, 1980: Bob Marley plays his final concert

By Jennifer Latson

How American College Students Made 'The Hobbit' a Hit

Sept. 21, 1937: 'The Hobbit' is published

By Jennifer Latson

How an American Heiress Became the Poster Child for Stockholm Syndrome

Sept. 18, 1975: FBI agents capture Patty Hearst in San Francisco

By Jennifer Latson

How Agatha Christie Knew So Much About Poison

Sept. 15, 1890: Agatha Christie is born

By Jennifer Latson

How the U.S. Got Its First Saint

Sept. 14, 1975: Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized by the Catholic Church

By Jennifer Latson

How Smallpox, Believed Dead, Killed Again

Sept. 11, 1978: A British medical photographer becomes the last person to die from smallpox after a sample of the disease escapes from a lab

By Jennifer Latson

The Strange Career of Assassinated Louisiana Politician Huey Long

Sept. 8, 1935: Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long is shot and fatally wounded

By Jennifer Latson

How a Bloody Railroad Strike Paved the Way for the First Labor Day

First Monday of September, 1894: Labor Day is first observed as a national holiday

By Jennifer Latson
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