June 20, 1900: The Boxer Rebellion Begins in China, Targets Foreign Interference June 20, 1900: The Boxer Rebellion Begins in China, Targets Foreign Interference
"The revolt is one against modern ideas and methods, whether imposed from without or advocated from within."
Jun 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed
“Abroad this execution will be thrown in our faces for a long time to come.”
Jun 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
June 16, 1938: Joyce Carol Oates Is Born June 16, 1938: Joyce Carol Oates Is Born
"Oates believes strongly in the authority of the individual’s experience of reality."
Jun 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
June 15, 1904: The General Slocum, a Passenger Steamship, Sinks in the East River, Killing Over One Thousand June 15, 1904: The General Slocum, a Passenger Steamship, Sinks in the East River, Killing Over One Thousand
"The tragedy strain[s] the compassion of the mere reader to the point of numbness."
Jun 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
June 13, 1971: ‘The New York Times’ Publishes the Pentagon Papers June 13, 1971: ‘The New York Times’ Publishes the Pentagon Papers
The Nation, which had covered American involvement in Vietnam critically since the early 1950s, may have been a touch peeved at the credit The New York Times and The Washington Pos…
Jun 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
June 14, 1940: German Troops Occupy Paris June 14, 1940: German Troops Occupy Paris
The Nation had long urged American intervention in the European war against fascism and responded to the Nazi occupation of Paris with a call to arms: an editorial by editor and pu…
Jun 12, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
June 12, 1994: Nicole Brown Simpson—O.J.’s Ex-Wife—and Ronald Goldman Are Murdered in Los Angeles June 12, 1994: Nicole Brown Simpson—O.J.’s Ex-Wife—and Ronald Goldman Are Murdered in Los Angeles
"The public airing of the Simpson trial is being used to divert political attention from some very great divisions rending this nation."
Jun 12, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
May 29, 1932: The ‘Bonus Army’ of Disgruntled Veterans Arrives in Washington, DC May 29, 1932: The ‘Bonus Army’ of Disgruntled Veterans Arrives in Washington, DC
"The bonus march must be considered simply a minor manifestation of the unrest spreading through the country."
May 29, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
The Bold Experimentation of Gwendolyn Brooks The Bold Experimentation of Gwendolyn Brooks
“Where the subject is the Negro people, or the Negro person, Miss Brooks has gone considerably beyond…quaint and for-tourists-only self-consciousness.”
May 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
May 2, 1972: J. Edgar Hoover Dies May 2, 1972: J. Edgar Hoover Dies
"Hoover was not only the nation’s police chief; he filled a far more important post—he was its minister of internal security, an office of tremendous, if unacknowledged, power."
May 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac