HISTORY

1325 – Ibn Battuta begins his travels, leaving his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca (gone 24 years) 1866

1552 – Land guardians of Netherlands attack Verdun 1714 – Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty 1889 – 88 people

Title IX, the landmark gender equity law passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, banned sex discrimination in

1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska 1892 – The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios,

Horse racing has been called the “Sport of Kings,” and, just like royalty, racing has a scandal-filled history. Some misconduct

In 1933, shortly after assuming power as chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler moved forward with plans to turn the 1936

Greg Louganis knew something was off as soon as his feet left the springboard. It was September 19, 1988, and

We asked our faculty what books they are reading during the more relaxed months of summer. Their choices, below, show

Event of Interest 1942 Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) which had

When the United States entered World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt made it clear that he thought Major League Baseball