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Photograph of Anwar Sadat, pipe in mouth, and Menachem Begin standing at a bank of microphones in the late 1970s

Israel Votes Tomorrow. In 1977 One Word on TV Ended 29 Years of Labor Rule

Marcus Delacroix · October 26, 2026

Reading room of the Kansas City Central Library in Missouri, with wooden tables, lamps and bookshelves, photographed in 2021

25 Years Ago the Patriot Act Passed 98 to 1, and Librarians Fought Back

Priya Raman · October 26, 2026

Oil painting of Princess Caraboo by Edward Bird, 1817: a young woman in a white turban with feathers and a yellow dress, standing on a shore

Strange History

Princess Caraboo of Javasu Was a Cobbler's Daughter From Devon

Tomás Ferreira · October 26, 2026

Albrecht Dürer's 1514 engraving of a peasant couple dancing, arms flung out and feet kicking

Strange History

Strasbourg's 1518 Dancing Plague: The Council Hired a Band

Hannah Lindqvist · October 26, 2026

Sixth-century mosaic of the Empress Theodora in a jewelled crown and purple robe, from the church of San Vitale in Ravenna

World Figureheads

In 532 Justinian Had the Ships Loaded to Flee. Theodora Told Him to Stay

Tomás Ferreira · October 26, 2026

Photochrom print of Piccadilly Circus, London, in the 1890s, with horse-drawn cabs and omnibuses keeping to the left around the Shaftesbury fountain

Why Britain Drives on the Left: Napoleon, a Wagon and a Swedish Sunday

Marcus Delacroix · October 26, 2026

Photograph of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, bearded and in a dark jacket, speaking at a microphone during the 1989 campaign

Brazil Votes Today. The First Time Lula Lost a Runoff, It Took a TV Edit and a Kidnapping

Marcus Delacroix · October 25, 2026

Behind-the-scenes photograph from the making of Godzilla in 1954: two crew members adjust the monster suit on a miniature set of electricity pylons

Godzilla Was Born From a Tuna Boat Caught Under an H-Bomb in 1954

Hannah Lindqvist · October 25, 2026

Photograph of King Njoya of Bamum seated on his beaded throne in Foumban, with German colonial officers beside him, early 1900s

World Figureheads

The King of Bamum Invented an Alphabet, a Language and a Corn Mill, Then France Exiled Him

Tomás Ferreira · October 25, 2026

Painting: Hyacinthe Rigaud's 1701 portrait of Louis XIV in coronation robes

World Figureheads

Louis XIV Revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and Handed His Rivals 200,000 Skilled Workers

Tomás Ferreira · October 25, 2026

Stained glass panel of King Louis IX of France carrying the Crown of Thorns, made in Paris around 1245 to 1248

The First Paris Student Strike Began Over a Wine Bill and Lasted Two Years

Eleanor Whitcombe · October 25, 2026

Illustrated cover of Puck magazine from 13 September 1911 showing a woman in a blue dress and wide black hat on a striped sofa, captioned Why Worry About Mona Lisa

Picasso Was Born 145 Years Ago Today. In 1911 Paris Police Asked Him About the Mona Lisa

Jonah Okafor · October 25, 2026

Photograph of the playing field and stands inside Tropicana Field on opening day 2010

The World Series Comes Monday to a Dome That Waited Eight Years for a Team

Priya Raman · October 25, 2026

Colour photograph of delegates seated at the United States and Austria desks in the United Nations General Assembly hall, New York, late 1960s

Fifty-Five Years Ago Tonight the UN Gave China's Seat to Beijing in One Vote

Marcus Delacroix · October 25, 2026

Photograph of a head waiter, a waiter and a diner at the Occidental Hotel restaurant in Washington, D.C., 1942

Why Americans Tip: A Habit Copied From Europe That Six States Once Banned

Priya Raman · October 25, 2026

Detail of Raphael's painting The Marriage of the Virgin (1504): Joseph places a ring on Mary's finger in front of a priest

Why Wedding Rings Go on the Fourth Finger: A Vein That Was Never There

Eleanor Whitcombe · October 25, 2026

Satirical print titled The Hobby Horse, 1819, showing young men in top hats riding and falling off two-wheeled running machines in a park

Strange History

The Summer That Never Came in 1816 Produced Frankenstein and the Bicycle

Hannah Lindqvist · October 25, 2026

Lithograph of the Chinese junk Keying, a three-masted trading junk from Canton, as it appeared in New York harbour in 1847

Strange History

The Pirate Queen Who Beat China's Navy, Then Surrendered on Her Own Terms and Kept the Money

Jonah Okafor · October 25, 2026

Photograph of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, four sandstone lions back to back on a drum carved with wheels, displayed in the Sarnath museum

World Figureheads

Ashoka Won the Kalinga War, Then Carved an Apology Into Rocks Across India

Tomás Ferreira · October 24, 2026

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry showing Harold enthroned as king of the English with Archbishop Stigand beside him

The Bayeux Tapestry Is in London at Last, and It Was Never a Tapestry

Hannah Lindqvist · October 24, 2026

Marble head of Zeus Ammon with ram's horns, Roman, about 120 to 160 AD

A Persian Army of 50,000 Vanished in the Egyptian Desert and People Are Still Looking

Jonah Okafor · October 24, 2026

Manuscript miniature of Charles VI of France enthroned in a blue robe covered in gold fleurs-de-lis, holding two sceptres

Strange History

The King of France Believed He Was Made of Glass, and England Nearly Got the Crown

Tomás Ferreira · October 24, 2026

Silver denarius of Didius Julianus, 193 AD: the emperor's laureate head on one side, the figure of Concordia with military standards on the other

World Figureheads

Rome Sold Its Empire to the Highest Bidder in 193 AD. He Lasted 66 Days

Eleanor Whitcombe · October 24, 2026

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a fur cap and spectacles, after a 1777 drawing by Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Franklin Sailed for France 250 Years Ago and Conquered Paris in a Fur Hat

Hannah Lindqvist · October 24, 2026