Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/categories/history-1.php http://thesop.org/categories/history-1.php http://thesop.org/categories/history-1.php 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:42:00 GMT Archaeology is the scientific study of the human past through the investigation of artifacts, structures, and the remains of plants and animals. http://thesop.org/story/history/2009/10/20/judyth-piazza-chats-with-brendan-burke-archaeologist-at-lamp.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2009/10/20/judyth-piazza-chats-with-brendan-burke-archaeologist-at-lamp.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:29:00 GMT The real story of Ernesto Guevara de la Serna is a biography of a ruthless megalomaniac for whom killing a human being was no less difficult than to swat a fly. http://thesop.org/story/history/2009/02/21/che-guevara-a-history-of-failure.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2009/02/21/che-guevara-a-history-of-failure.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:40:00 GMT The president held six tightly written pages of American Airlines headed paper signed by Elvis Presley. "Tell him I will see him," said Nixon with a wide grin on his face. http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/08/10/history-cafe-episode-4-the-king-meets-the-chief.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/08/10/history-cafe-episode-4-the-king-meets-the-chief.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:20:00 GMT Presidents are humans and prone to make mistakes. Yet, we all prefer to remember only those commanders-in-chief whose extraordinary skills, talents, and - in many instances - pure luck guided and inspired the nation through perilous times. http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/07/27/history-cafe-episode-2-its-not-easy-to-be-president.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/07/27/history-cafe-episode-2-its-not-easy-to-be-president.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:10:00 GMT As politicians came and went, Winston Churchill prevailed, remaining at the helm of the British Empire for almost half a century. It was he who, as the First Lord of the Admiralty, plunged his country into the Great War even though Germany had done all it could to keep Great Britain and its colonies out of conflict. http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/07/20/history-cafe-episode-1-quotchurchill-hitler-and-the-unnecessary-warquot.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/07/20/history-cafe-episode-1-quotchurchill-hitler-and-the-unnecessary-warquot.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:26:00 GMT No European city, save for Rome, can rival the Chinese capital in terms of history and tradition. http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/07/13/mysteries-of-history-from-ji-to-beijing-the-history-of-the-chinese-capital.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/07/13/mysteries-of-history-from-ji-to-beijing-the-history-of-the-chinese-capital.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:00:00 GMT "If only war could be fought by armies, not politicians, we would have already won," thought Sikorski, taking a last glimpse of the Gibraltar airport before entering the Liberator airplane. Less than half a minute after the take off, he was dead. http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/07/06/mysteries-of-history-the-death-that-changed-the-war.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/07/06/mysteries-of-history-the-death-that-changed-the-war.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:30:00 GMT He was handsome, wealthy, and powerful. Hardly any woman could resist his flirtatious smile; hardly any monarch was immune to his silk, flattering voice. As the son of a pope and a relative to many crowned heads, Cesare Borgia was destined for great things. http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/06/15/mysteries-of-history-cardinal-warrior-and-lover-the-life-of-cesare-borgia.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/06/15/mysteries-of-history-cardinal-warrior-and-lover-the-life-of-cesare-borgia.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Mon, 9 Jun 2008 03:00:00 GMT In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Soon after, He created soccer. http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/06/08/mysteries-of-history-quotif-it-moves-kick-it-if-it-doesnt-move-kick-it-until-it-doesquot.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/06/08/mysteries-of-history-quotif-it-moves-kick-it-if-it-doesnt-move-kick-it-until-it-doesquot.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Mon, 2 Jun 2008 05:20:00 GMT The Cold War began not in 1945 but four years earlier. In a scarcely known episode, a plane carrying an American diplomat with top secret documents was shot down by two Soviet air fighters. Now, the mystery behind the so-called Kaleva Incident may finally be revealed. http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/06/01/mysteries-of-history-the-american-diplomat-who-spurred-the-cold-war.php http://thesop.org/story/history/2008/06/01/mysteries-of-history-the-american-diplomat-who-spurred-the-cold-war.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor))