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1 day ago · History provides a chronological, statistical, and cultural record of the events, people, and movements that have made an impact on humankind and the world at large throughout …

Jun 18, 2025 · The modern English word “history” comes partly from the Latin historia and partly from the French storie (or estoire), but those terms both trace their roots back to the same …

Jan 29, 2025 · Take everything you think you know about history and set it aside. Did you know Native Americans could smell European ships from miles away? Or that Thomas Edison …

1862: David Farragut Becomes the First Admiral in U.S. History On this day in 1862, an admiral's rank was awarded for the first time in the history of the United States.