1927

• The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927: A Catastrophic Event in the Roaring Twenties

  Overview The great Mississippi flood of 1927 remains one of the most devastating natural disasters in the history of the United States, but more specifically in the southern region. The…

  April 2, 2024

• The Historical Context of the 1927 Baseball World Series

  1927. Nearly a century ago, the year 1927 hosted the 24th ever Major League Baseball World Series. Behind this championship series existed a culmination of various factors which contributed to…

  February 28, 2024

• The 1927 Major League Baseball World Series

  By Yuto Nakajima Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, and Bob Meusel. Nicknamed the “Murderer’s Row” Baseball: America’s Most Iconic Sport This blog starts off with such a…

  February 21, 2024

• Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

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  February 21, 2024

• Charles Lindbergh and the first solo, non-stop Trans Atlantic flight

  In the entire record of aviation history, few feats capture the imagination quite like Charles Lindbergh’s solo transatlantic flight. On May 20th, 1927, a young airmail pilot who had dropped…

  February 21, 2024

• My midterm Event

  Cathy Moran HajoCathy Moran Hajo teaches Discovering Digital History at Ramapo College of New Jersey. She is the editor and director of the Jane Addams Papers Project, and formerly worked…

  February 21, 2024

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  The Fifteen Millionth Ford Model T Rolls off the Assembly Line

  Fun Fact: The leftover wood from the production of the Ford Model T was recycled into charcoal, and sold as Ford Charcoal. When Ford stopped using wood for production, the…

  February 21, 2023

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  Philo Farnsworth: Father of the Television

  Overview In the twenty-first century, people often take their phones, laptops, and other forms of technology for granted. Yet, not too long ago, all people had for technology was the…

  February 11, 2021