History | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/history/RSS feed for HistoryenFri, 10 Nov 2023 12:15:00 +0000Modern Medicine Traces Its Scientific Roots to the Middle Ageshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/modern-medicine-traces-its-scientific-roots-to-the-middle-ages-180983213/Contrary to popular belief, early medieval doctors relied on rational deduction to understand and treat diseaseFri, 10 Nov 2023 12:15:00 +0000Celebrate Veterans Day With These 15 Patriotic Photoshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/celebrate-veterans-day-with-these-15-patriotic-photos-180983220/Communities nationwide honor our retired service members every NovemberThu, 09 Nov 2023 17:03:13 +0000The Unsung Hero Who Saved Thousands of Children During the Holocausthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-unsung-hero-who-saved-thousands-children-during-the-holocaust-180983211/Truus Wijsmuller spirited Jewish refugees to safety and stood up to the architect of Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution"Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:15:00 +0000Before He Rose to Power, Adolf Hitler Staged a Coup and Went to Prisonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/adolf-hitler-coup-prison-beer-hall-putsch-180983207/The Beer Hall Putsch was a spectacular failure. It also set the stage for Nazi GermanyWed, 08 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000The Real History Behind Netflix's 'Rustin' Moviehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-history-behind-netflixs-rustin-movie-180983158/A new film finally spotlights Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights activist who organized the 1963 March on WashingtonThu, 02 Nov 2023 11:15:00 +0000Healing the Wounds of the Vietnam Warhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/healing-the-wounds-of-the-vietnam-war-180983178/Two perspectives on the 20th-century conflict look back, five decades after the fighting stopped, to discuss what was lost and what is remembered todayThu, 02 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000An Early Charlotte Brontë Story Speaks to the Author's Lifelong Fascination With the Supernaturalhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-early-charlotte-bronte-story-speaks-to-the-authors-lifelong-fascination-with-the-supernatural-180983156/The 1830 account details an eerie encounter with a stranger who predicted the death of the writer's fatherTue, 31 Oct 2023 11:15:00 +0000What Emoji Tell Us About the History of Teahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-emojis-tell-us-about-the-history-of-tea-180983128/From ancient China to 20th-century America, the aromatic beverage has undergone a dramatic evolutionFri, 27 Oct 2023 11:15:00 +0000Dell O'Dell's Trailblazing Magic Show Cast a Spell on Early Television Audienceshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/dell-odells-trailblazing-magic-show-cast-a-spell-on-early-television-audiences-180983100/Rare footage of the woman magician's act captures her magnetic stage presence and range of tricksTue, 24 Oct 2023 11:15:00 +0000Fifty Years After Their Release, Former Vietnam POWs Journey Back to Hanoihttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fifty-years-finding-freedom-vietnam-vets-healing-journey-hanoi-180983052/A group of American veterans return to the infamous compound where they and hundreds of other service members were held captive and tortured during the warTue, 24 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aztecshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/zelia-nuttall-globe-trotting-scholar-unlocked-secrets-aztecs-180983049/Anthropologist Zelia Nuttall transformed the way we think of ancient MesoamericaMon, 23 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000How the Osage Changed Martin Scorsese’s Mindhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-osage-changed-martin-scorseses-mind-180983094/“Killers of the Flower Moon” sets a new standard in its nuanced portrait of Osage life. Decades of prior films about Native Americans didn't even tryThu, 19 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000The Real History Behind 'Killers of the Flower Moon'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-history-behind-killers-of-the-flower-moon-180983086/Martin Scorsese's new film revisits the murders of wealthy Osages in Oklahoma in the 1920sWed, 18 Oct 2023 11:15:00 +0000From Wild West Shows to 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' Revisit the History of Native Americans on the Silver Screenhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-native-representation-in-film-180983043/How American Indians in Hollywood have gone from stereotypes to starring rolesThu, 12 Oct 2023 15:06:48 +0000The Medieval Sect That Inspired the Video Game 'Assassin's Creed'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-medieval-sect-that-inspired-the-video-game-assassins-creed-180983032/The Order of Assassins is loosely based on the Nizari Ismailis, who formed a Shiite Muslim state that relied on political assassination to achieve its goalTue, 10 Oct 2023 15:57:50 +0000Who Were the Taíno, the Original Inhabitants of Columbus’ Island Colonies?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-were-taino-original-inhabitants-columbus-island-73824867/The Native people of Hispaniola were long believed to have died out. But a journalist's search for their descendants turned up surprising resultsThu, 05 Oct 2023 17:24:30 +0000A Brief History of Banned Books in Americahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-banned-books-in-america-180983011/Attempts to restrict what kids in school can read are on the rise. But American book banning started with the Puritans, 140 years before the United StatesThu, 05 Oct 2023 11:00:57 +0000This Black Football Player Was Fatally Injured During a Game. A Century Later, a College Stadium Bears His Namehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-black-football-player-was-fatally-injured-during-a-game-a-century-later-a-college-stadium-bears-his-name-180982989/Rival athletes trampled Jack Trice during his "first real college game." He died two days later at age 21Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:20:56 +0000How America's First Banned Book Survived and Became an Anti-Authoritarian Iconhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-americas-first-banned-book-survived-and-became-an-anti-authoritarian-icon-180982971/The Puritans outlawed Thomas Morton's "New English Canaan" because it was critical of the society they were building in colonial New EnglandMon, 02 Oct 2023 11:15:00 +0000The Surprisingly Radical Roots of the Renaissance Fairhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-surprisingly-radical-roots-of-the-renaissance-fair-180982918/The first of these festivals debuted in the early 1960s, serving as a prime example of the United States' burgeoning countercultureThu, 28 Sep 2023 15:21:32 +0000The Bible That Stopped a Bullethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-bible-that-stopped-a-bullet-180982965/In 1863, a New Testament tucked in the pocket of Union soldier Charles W. Merrill prevented a musket ball from mortally wounding himWed, 27 Sep 2023 19:02:08 +0000A Century Before the Residents of a Remote Island Killed a Christian Missionary, Their Predecessors Resisted the British Empirehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/century-before-residents-remote-island-killed-christian-missionary-predecessors-resisted-british-empire-180982871/When a white clergyman tried to punish captive Andamanese for their supposed misdeeds, they slapped him backMon, 25 Sep 2023 13:19:50 +0000New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender Peoplehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-research-reveals-how-the-nazis-targeted-transgender-people-180982931/Last year, a German court acknowledged the possibility that trans people were persecuted by the NazisThu, 21 Sep 2023 13:05:50 +0000How One Robber Baron's Gamble on Railroads Brought Down His Bank and Plunged the U.S. Into the First Great Depressionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/robber-baron-gamble-railroads-brought-down-bank-plunged-us-into-first-great-depression-panic-1873-180982877/In 1873, greed, speculation and overinvestment in railroads sparked a financial crisis that sank the U.S. into more than five years of miseryMon, 18 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0000