Jennifer Latson

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The 'Middling' Volcanic Eruption that Was America’s Worst

May 18, 1980: Mount St. Helens erupts

By Jennifer Latson

Hired for Their Looks, Promoted For Their Heroism: The First Flight Attendants

May 15, 1930: Ellen Church, America’s first stewardess, works her first flight

By Jennifer Latson

When Bob Dylan Took a Stand Against Censorship

May 12, 1963: Bob Dylan walks off the Ed Sullivan Show

By Jennifer Latson

How Garbage Spawned a Grizzly Problem at Glacier National Park

May 11, 1910: Glacier National Park is established

By Jennifer Latson

The Eerie Links Between the Lusitania and the Titanic

May 7, 1915: A torpedo from a German U-boat sinks the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people

By Jennifer Latson

Why Freud Chose Nazi Germany Over America

May 6, 1856: Sigmund Freud is born

By Jennifer Latson

A Gruesome Historical Argument Against the Death Penalty

May 4, 1990: A death-row inmate in Florida dies in a botched execution by electric chair

By Jennifer Latson

Happy Birthday, Target

May 1, 1962: The first Target store opens in Roseville, Minn.

By Jennifer Latson

When the Survivors of a 'Super-Hell of Horrors' Were Freed

April 29, 1945: American forces liberate Dachau

By Jennifer Latson

Why the Computer Mouse's Inventor Isn't the Big Cheese

April 27, 1981: The computer mouse makes its debut

By Jennifer Latson

What Happened to the First Cloned Puppy

April 24, 2005: The world’s first cloned dog, Snuppy, is born in South Korea

By Jennifer Latson

How Earth Day Began: With Somber Reflection, and a Few Dump-Ins

April 22, 1970: The first Earth Day is observed

By Jennifer Latson

How One Woman Won a Marathon and Barely Broke a Sweat

April 21, 1980: Rosie Ruiz finishes first among women runners in the Boston Marathon, but officials later revoke her medal

By Jennifer Latson

Why It Took Three Juries to Convict the Menendez Brothers

April 17, 1996: A jury recommends life in prison without parole for Lyle and Erik Menendez, finding them guilty of murdering their parents

By Jennifer Latson

How a Late-Blooming Entrepreneur Made McDonald's the World’s Largest Burger Chain

April 15, 1955: Ray Kroc opens a McDonald’s franchise in Des Plaines, Ill.

By Jennifer Latson

How a Dust Storm Inspired a Mass Exodus and a Great Novel

April 14, 1935: The worst dust storm in history descends on the Great Plains—exactly four years before 'The Grapes of Wrath' is published

By Jennifer Latson

Famous Outlaw Billy the Kid's True Character Remains a Mystery

April 9, 1881: Billy the Kid is found guilty of murdering the sheriff of Lincoln County, N.M.

By Jennifer Latson

Why It's Too Simple to Blame Kurt Cobain's Suicide on Celebrity Alone

April 8, 1994: Kurt Cobain commits suicide at age 27

By Jennifer Latson

How the White House's Easter Egg Tradition Got Rolling

Here's the history of the eggy event

By Jennifer Latson

How John Paul II Became One of the Longest-Tenured Popes Ever

April 2, 2005: Pope John Paul II dies at age 84

By Jennifer Latson
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