Following years of escalating tensions, World War II officially broke out in 1939. After years of fighting and millions of deaths, by late 1944, the end of the war was finally in sight. With the tide ...

While it’s hard to deny what a whirlwind the cultural landscape of the ’60s was, the ’70s also saw their own sweeping changes in popular culture. In some cases, we can chart those changes by the music ...

Some of the most talented bands in the history of rock hail from the United States. Sure, England has The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, but America has also produced its fair share of bands that range ...

After thousands of years of living as a nomadic, hunter-gatherer species, there came a time when humans learned to work the land and domesticate animals in order to stay in one place. This allowed the ...

History was full of important figures who made a difference in the world. Some even led revolutions made huge scientific discoveries or were part of prestigious royal families. While most people ...

While one-hit wonders were hardly a new phenomenon by the 1980s, a few factors of the swiftly changing music landscape of that decade made them more prevalent than before. With the birth of MTV came a ...

In May of 1961, actress Sophia Loren was one of the first celebrities to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine, and this helped usher in a new era of “cover girls.” The 1960s and 1970s saw an ...

Even if an artist has numerous hit singles or a trophy case full of Grammy Awards, it doesn’t mean they’re anything special outside of gaining critics’ approval. In fact, many artists like Dave ...

Toys and games have always been around, but postwar prosperity, mass media, and mass production all conspired to make the 1960s and ’70s a golden age for toys. You may not have played with all of ...

In popular culture and stories, knights are often depicted in shining armor, pulling magical swords from stones and saving maidens from foul beasts. Yet, these warriors are not pure fiction; they were ...

Some of these awful cars simply failed to sell due to their terrible design, while others were underdeveloped and spiked with serious safety issues. One vehicle would even explode upon impact! These ...

It’s natural to complain about how quickly time flies but the reason we often fail to notice it going by is that we don’t notice what it’s doing as every second ticks forward. Even when it feels like ...