UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 29: Brooklyn students light a candle celebrating Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), one of the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa, during a celebration at the American Museum of Natural History. The celebration kicks off the Museum's 2005 Kwanzaa festival, which will take place Dec. 29-31. (Photo by Linda Rosier/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

30th August 1862: Union troops charging during the second battle of Bull Run, which took place at Manassas, Virginia. Original Artwork: Print by Currier & Ives. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

Guy Fawkes Day Bonfire Night, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire, England, Wednesday 5th November 1997.

Battle of San Jacinto, 21 April 1836: Texas War of Independence (from Mexico) also called the Texas Revolution. Mexicans led by Santa Anna defeated in 12 minutes by Texian (US) forces under Sam Houston. Santa Anna captured and forced to sign Treaty of Velasco on 14 May which recognised the independence of Texas.

NEW YORK - APRIL 29: A man places his hand on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial where the names of 58 thousand Americans killed in the Vietnam War are listed April 29, 2005 in Washington, DC. Thirty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975. On April 29, the North Vietnamese army took over Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, and the last U.S. troops left Vietnam. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Depiction of the Charge of the Light Brigade, one of history’s most famous cavalry charges.

Family dinner for the celebration of the Chinese New Year on February, 1999 in Heihe, China.

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Jesse Greenspan is a Bay Area-based freelance journalist who writes about history and the environment.

Jesse Greenspan

Jesse Greenspan is a Bay Area-based freelance journalist who writes about history and the environment.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

U.S. Presidents

In the 15th century, Europeans began to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of new routes to China and the East, but in the process they discovered what they labeled a "New World," although Indigenous people had lived there for centuries. Other explorers have pushed the limits of flight and seafaring, and traversed the frozen Continent of Antarctica.

Exploration

Latin America encompasses Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, including all of South America as well as Mexico, Central America, and islands of the Caribbean. Latin American history saw colonization by the Spaniards and Portuguese, from the 15th through the 18th century, as well as independence movements in the early 19th century.

Latin American & Caribbean History

Religion and spiritual issues, including Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, the Bible, Wicca, Buddhism and more, are at the core of human values and history.

Religion

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The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.

Vietnam War

The U.S. government, with its three branches of government and a system of checks and balances, is responsible for governing the 50 states and all districts and territories of the United States.

U.S. Government and Politics

The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.

Civil War

From religious and patriotic holidays to celebrations of ethnic pride, explore the history of Easter, Passover, New Year's Day, Veterans' Day, Memorial Day and more annual observances.

Annual Observances

World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. Explore the battles, leaders and atrocities from the war and its impact on geopolitics and humankind.

World War II

Explore the wars, battles, leaders, civilizations, regimes, prominent figures and major events from the continent that encompasses 2 percent of the Earth’s surface. From Stonehenge to the Great Awakening to the French Revolution to the rise and fall of Communism in Russia, see how Europe’s often tumultuous history unfolded.

Jesse Greenspan ‑ Stories

9 Things You May Not Know About Mardi Gras

8 Things You Should Know About Chinese New Year

When Hawaii’s Monarchy Was Overthrown, With Rogue US Support

5 Things You May Not Know About Kwanzaa

6 Things You May Not Know About the Mexican Revolution

6 Things You May Not Know About the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Guy Fawkes Day: A Brief History

Remembering the 1912 Presidential Election

9 Things You May Not Know About Mussolini

8 Famous Pirates From History

The Second Battle of Bull Run: A Civil War Sesquicentennial

Remembering History’s Last Major Cavalry Charge