Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday by a gunman while delivering a campaign speech on a street in western Japan, a shocking …

Nazi Party Origins In 1919, frustrated by Germany’s defeat in World War I—which had left the nation economically depressed and politically unstable—army vetera…

For four years, from 1914 to 1918, World War I raged across Europe's western and eastern fronts. The war was ignited by the assassination of Archduke Franz…

The Evolution of U.S. Immigration at Ellis Island When Ellis Island opened, it marked a significant shift in U.S. immigration patterns. Fewer immigrants were a…

The First Red Scare: 1917-1920 The first Red Scare erupted after World War I, spurred by the Russian Revolution of 1917, where the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir …

According to legend, the Xia Dynasty, with Emperor Yu as its first ruler, existed from 2100 to 1600 B.C., though concrete evidence of this dynasty still needs …

Stock Market Crash of 1929 The Stock Market Crash of 1929 took place on October 29, 1929, when investors on Wall Street traded approximately 16 million shares …