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What happened in 2010? Our year in review
It’s that time of year again when seemingly everyone is looking back on the just passed 365 days and trying to encapsulate what the year meant- in politics, sports, celebrity, general wackiness, etc. Well, here’s our list of those that we deemed most notable. If you don’t agree with us (or if you want to [...]
December 8: Perhaps History’s Most Disaster-Filled Day
Many people are fascinated by disasters. Whether it be the Hindenburg Explosion, the Great Chicago Fire or Boston’s molasses flood, and despite the tragedies involved, disasters rivet one’s attention and imagination.
With that in mind, December 8th, may be history’s most disaster filled day, especially disastrous fires. Consider the following:
December 8, 1863: Church of the Company [...]
Mark Twain’s Autobiography Is Runaway Bestseller
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
- Mark Twain
In spite of that quote by the man himself, the Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 1 is one of the hottest titles on the market. In fact, as of this writing, Amazon.com is out of [...]
Get Ready for Thanksgiving – Everything You Need to Know About the Pilgrims
Most people celebrating Thanksgiving in the US know about the Pilgrims and their ship the Mayflower that brought them to establish Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts) in the new world. But how many of you know that the original plan called for two ships? Or that the original destination of the voyage was the Hudson River? Or [...]
Looking for a great resource for your Paul Revere Essay? Look no further than our Paul Revere Timeline
So, my son and his friends just informed me of a nationwide history essay contest for 5th through 8th graders. The annual contest is sponsored by local chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and this year’s topic is Paul Revere. Specifically, the contest is in honor of 275th anniversary of Paul Revere’s birth. [...]
UFOs and Unexplained Phenomena – Just in Time for Halloween
Halloween will be here on Sunday. So we thought that we’d provide some inspiration for all of you aspiring ghouls, ghosts and especially aliens by highlighting a timeline on Unexplained Phenomena on Timelines.com. Sometimes spooky and always entertaining, this timeline contains events that a mostly about Unidentified Flying Objects, and begins in 1870 with the [...]
STLToday.com, St. Louis’ #1 web site, partners with Timelines
We are proud to announce another Timelines SE partner, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s STLToday.com – the #1 St. Louis website. We launched three new implementations of our service: the Rams, the Blues and the Cardinals. See below for a sampling of the Rams’ implementation. Check them all out and let us know what you think.
Thank [...]
Timelines named 2010 Chicago Innovation Awards Finalist – Woo hoo!
We are thrilled and honored to announce that the 2010 Chicago Innovation Awards have named us a finalist! We are being recognized for our Timelines SE service that we provide to our newspaper clients. See examples below. Be sure to vote for us on the Chicago Innovation Awards site.
Your support is most appreciated!
Timelines SE in [...]
Straight from “Mad Men”: 17 Ads that would make Don Draper proud
At Timelines.com, we believe that studying history helps to understand ourselves- where we are and where we’ve been. This also applies to past advertisements, as they oftentimes mirror the attitudes, mores and accepted behaviors of their times. We recently found the following ads from the early and mid-1900’s. We think you’ll agree [...]
Back-to-school primer: The 12 Major Events that led up to The American Civil War
This is our second post in our Back-to-School Primer Series, where we try to boil down major happenings in history to a limited set of key events. Our previous post in this series was on the American Revolution. We will now take on the events that led up to the American Civil War.
On Timelines.com, we [...]
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