A Brief History On February 25, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, was sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress. Over 150 years later, on February 27, 2025, a collaboration of several history YouTubers attempts to help promote and uplift the history black people in the United States and diaspora as well as their ancestors both in and out of Africa. Rather than the usual narrative that is taught in the American school system which largely focuses on the topic of oppression and subsequent freedom against this oppression, the aim…
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A Brief History Hello, everyone! I am Dr. Matt Zarzeczny (or Dr. Zar for short), owner of History and Headlines and co-author of Simply Napoleon with my friend, J. David Markham. Today, June 3, 2023, I want to thank the first 30,000 subscribers to my YouTube channel (a milestone reached on June 1, 2023) and also share with you that two of my favorite history themed YouTube channels also happen to be run by authors named Matt. Digging Deeper These are Matt Baker of UsefulCharts and Matt Beat of Mr. Beat. You can visit their respective channels by clicking on…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 5th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 5, 1852, the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was opened to the public. On February 5, 1869, prospectors Richard Oates and John Deason of Australia found the incredibly large alluvial gold nugget known as “Welcome Stranger,” a rock weighing almost 300 pounds! On February 5, 1909, New Yorker Leo Baekeland presented his invention of Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic, to the…
A Brief History Hello, everyone! I am Dr. Zar. Today, February 1st, 2023, is the anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. In memory of this tragic event, this article presents a compilation in chronological order of our past videos concerning the space shuttle program in the hopes that you can learn about the disaster in the broader context of the Space Shuttle program’s history. Digging Deeper Our first video in this compilation concerns how the origins of the program were among the accomplishments of one of the United States’ most controversial presidents: Our second video in this compilation discusses…
A Brief History Hello, everyone! I am Dr. Zar and today, I want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving 2022! Digging Deeper This year, I am thankful for my colleagues, family, friends, mentors, students, and subscribers to my YouTube channel. Question for students (and subscribers): What is something that you are thankful for this year? Please let us know in the comments section below this article. If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and Headlines by liking us on Facebook and becoming one of our…