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Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, and Gen Z Explained

Via: tig • History & Sociology • 48 Comments • 53 minutes ago

Given this is an election year, it seems appropriate to consider the mix of the electorate in terms of generational characteristics. Currently the largest voting bloc generation is the Gen Y's...

Hiroshima at 75: bitter row persists over US decision to drop the bomb

Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 17 Comments • 2 days ago

Seventy-five years after it dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima , the Enola Gay stands, restored and gleaming, as a museum exhibit close to Washington’s Dulles airport. It was not always so...

The World of Insanity 2020

By: msaubrey-aka-ahyoka • History & Sociology • 125 Comments • 5 days ago

The world is completely insane right now. Politics and the alleged agendas. The protests, BLM movement, riots, looting, hate.... The stupid ass arguments between people over it all is just nuts....

The Surprisingly Cool History of Ice | Mental Floss

Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 23 Comments • one month ago

What Personality Type Are You? The MBTI ("Myers Briggs Typology Indicator") - PART I of V

By: krishna • History & Sociology • 299 Comments • one month ago

There are various differing theories of personality-- and personality types. One that I find both interesting and useful is...

Francis Scott Key and the Third Stanza - Believe It Or Don't

By: john-russell • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • one month ago

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xLYiytV8xW4/WGp_Q2Z5rMI/AAAAAAAAmrQ/hCgFuJ4MCiMZDfYhb65zzh8HhEdLBFxuQCLcB/s1600/banner.jpg - - - Third stanza of the star spangled banner And where is that...

These Things Were Considered Normal 100 Years Ago –

Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 8 Comments • 2 months ago

www.history-a2z.com /these-things-were-considered-normal-100-years-ago/ These Things Were Considered Normal 100 Years Ago – History A2Z . For humans beings, evolution is the...

The Omega Man: A Prophetic Cautionary Tale

By: perrie-halpern • History & Sociology • 86 Comments • 3 months ago

This is a Great True Story

By: buzz-of-the-orient • History & Sociology • 13 Comments • 3 months ago

BUZZ NOTE: This should be baseball season time, so here is a story about a baseball player who would never have qualified as a player for the Cooperstown Hall of Fame, but something of his adorns...

History Proves It: The Christianity of America’s Founders Was Deliberate, Pervasive, Crucial

Via: donald-j-trump-fan-1 • History & Sociology • 117 Comments • 5 months ago

America unlike France was founded upon Christian principles. Most of the founders were Christian. They declared that our freedom to to pursue happiness and that our right to life and liberty...

Amazons were long considered a myth. These discoveries show warrior women were real.

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 16 Comments • 7 months ago

These were the fierce warrior women of Ancient Greek lore who supposedly sparred with Hercules, lived in lesbian matriarchies and hacked off their breasts so they could fire their arrows better....

Commemoration to be held in US Bay Area to honor WWII Flying Tigers

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • History & Sociology • 5 Comments • 8 months ago

Fact: The Horrific Iran-Iraq War Cost $350 Billion (And 1 Million Dead)

Via: krishna • History & Sociology • 5 Comments • 8 months ago

The Iraqi war against Iran was one of two wars started by Saddam Hussein:

Rumble: the story of the Native Americans who shaped rock music - Native American Heritage Month

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 12 Comments • 9 months ago

In an eye-opening new documentary, hidden Native American figures are finally given credit for influencing a vast amount of popular music Katie Bain @bainofyrexstnce Mon...

Congressional Medal of Honor hero Ernest 'Ernie' CHILDERS [1918 - 2005].

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 9 months ago

Ernest Childers (1918-2005) (Creek) joined the National Guard of Oklahoma in 1937 on graduation from Chilocco Indian School, and was called up for active duty in the U.S. Army by President...

MARIA TALLCHIEF ''Americans first Prima Ballerina'' Native American Heritage Month

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 12 Comments • 9 months ago

This is a very long article about Maria Tallchief and the ''Five Moons''...American's first Prima Ballerina and the five native women that conquered the world ballet field. BETH MARIA...

Cmdr Ernest Edwin Evans, MoH Recipient, And The Battle Off Samar - Native American Heritage Month

By: kavika • History & Sociology • 18 Comments • 9 months ago

This article was written by a friend of mine, Honmana (Bear Girl in the Hopi language). This is considered the Navy finest hour. The quote says it all... Lieutenant Commander Robert W....

Native American Heritage Month - Will Rogers: Actor, Comedian, Political Pundit, Truth Teller - And Proud Cherokee

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 19 Comments • 9 months ago

Will Rogers: Actor, Comedian, Political Pundit, Truth Teller—And Proud Cherokee. In our time, we can remember where we were when a few transformative events occurred—the assassination of...

Native American Heritage Month to Honor a true American Hero - M/Sgt Roy Benavidez MoH recipent

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 27 Comments • 9 months ago

Roy Benavidez Raul (Roy) Perez Benavidez Born August 5, 1935 Died November 29, 1998 (aged 63) Place of birth Cuero, Texas Place of death Brooke Army Medical Center ,...

Chinese National Day Parade - Part 1, The Start and Military Section

By: buzz-of-the-orient • History & Sociology • 16 Comments • 10 months ago

Chinese National Day Parade - Part 1, The Start and Military Section October 1st was National Day in China, marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the present regime, The People's...

China's National Day Parade - First Half of Civilian Participation and Ending

By: buzz-of-the-orient • History & Sociology • 16 Comments • 10 months ago

China's National Day Parade - First Half of Civilian Participation and Ending This is a continuation of the beginning and military part of China's National Day Parade on October 1st,...

The Beginning of the Universe (Who are the Yazidis)

Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner • History & Sociology • 10 Comments • 10 months ago

Unusually good article abut a group that is little known in the west: LALISH, IRAQ In Northern Iraq there is a place called Lalish where the Yezidis say the universe was born. I drove...

Final Part of China's National Day Parade and Ending

By: buzz-of-the-orient • History & Sociology • 6 Comments • 10 months ago

Final Part of China's National Day Parade and Ending This is a continuation of the beginning and military part of China's National Day Parade on October 1st, and of the first part of the...

The Forgotten History of the Native Americans Who Helped the Underground Railroad

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 16 Comments • 10 months ago

Railroad An Underground Railroad historic marker on May 16, 2014 in Columbus, Ohio Raymond Boyd—Getty Images BY ROY E. FINKENBINE / HISTORY NEWS NETWORK...

36 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 29 Comments • 10 months ago

On September 26, 1983, the planet came terrifyingly close to a nuclear holocaust . The Soviet Union’s missile attack early warning system displayed, in large red letters, the word “LAUNCH”; a...

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