http://news.discovery.com/history/ History News covers history and historical events by looking back and putting the past into today's perspective. en-us Copyright 2008, Discovery Communications Inc. http://news.discovery.com/images/icons/rss-feed-logo.png http://news.discovery.com/history/ 144 19 Mon Nov 23 2009 19:11:40 GMT Mon Nov 23 2009 19:11:40 GMT 1440 http://news.discovery.com/history/shroud-turin-writing-jesus-controversey.html f6248b85-0287-45b8-9f75-94d2e23ecb4f Artifacts Jesus Middle Ages Shroud of Turin Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:48:00 EST Vatican Expert: Turin Shroud Jesus Relic Faint writing on the famous linen proves it can't be of medieval origin, claims a researcher. http://news.discovery.com/history/galileo-fingers-tooth-remains.html 80f1aeae-1db2-4d53-b7b1-b306408ec724 Rossella Lorenzi Astronomy History Telescopes The Sun Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:24:00 EST Galileo's Fingers and Tooth Recovered by Collector The macabre remains of the famous, once-damned astronomer were spotted at an auction. http://news.discovery.com/history/flashback-november-20.html 6b0c046b-28c3-47bf-943d-0091a99c67e4 Animals Earth Space Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST Flashback: Images From the Week's News Take a look back at the top stories of the past week in the Discovery News Flashback Slide Show. http://news.discovery.com/history/fidel-castro-dead.html cee7f22f-8c04-4361-8131-3c8a8bded7d2 Talal Al-Khatib Modern History Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:09:28 EST Fidel Castro Killed by Rumors, Again Today, the Internet was buzzing with the rumor that Fidel Castro, known as "El Presidente" in Cuba until 2008, when he ceded control to his brother Raul, has died. False reports of Castro's death have been circulating for years, especially ... http://news.discovery.com/history/australia-apologize-british-children.html 64e3854e-6339-47da-a269-0ac77ab79b8b Child Government Kids Oceania and Australia Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:12:00 EST Australia Apologizes to Mistreated British Children The apology is directed to the thousands of impoverished children who were shipped to Australia with false promise. http://news.discovery.com/earth/flashback-november-13.html fb4bc2de-caf7-47ad-9f77-b14b21758220 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:35:00 EST Flashback: Images From the Week's News Take a look back at the top stories of the past week in the Discovery News Flashback Slide Show. http://news.discovery.com/history/friday-thirteenth-superstitions.html 2ea4fdce-b6cf-46db-a8c1-a25b8e91c469 Disasters and Accidents Fear History Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:38:00 EST Spooked by Friday the 13th? You're Not Alone From Henry Ford to Franklin D. Roosevelt, many have altered their lives to avoid Friday the 13th doom. http://news.discovery.com/history/veterans-day-american-military.html d6099ef2-4b18-433a-8417-b39716e74aef American Civil War Branches of the Military Cold War Korean War Military Military Personnel Vietnam War Wars World War 1 World War 2 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:20:00 EST Veterans Day: Americans at War This Veterans' Day, Discovery News honors American military service personnel with a look back at some of the great battles throughout our nation's history. http://news.discovery.com/history/navajo-code-talkers-veterans.html 415a4d23-7a58-403f-8930-d1e78737e54d Marines Military Tribal Culture Wars World War 2 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:42:00 EST Navajo Code Talker Veterans Break Silence The Navajo Code Talkers whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. http://news.discovery.com/history/marine-corps-celebrates-234-years.html 50737798-29db-4063-aa38-075a7abbdd68 Talal Al-Khatib Modern History War Stories Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:24:04 EST Marine Corps Celebrates 234 Years Today is the 234th anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The USMC birthday comes on the eve of Veterans' Day, which was established to commemorate the signing of the armistice that ended World War I ... http://news.discovery.com/history/what-happened-to-the-berlin-wall.html 07df1a35-34fc-4f9c-8ba2-4a560e3f7aaa James Williams Feedblog Modern History Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:11:44 EST What Happened To The Berlin Wall? The Berlin Wall was long...about 90 miles long. When the East Germans first closed the border between East and West Berlin on the night of August 12th, 1961, they did it in the middle of the night. That meant none ... http://news.discovery.com/history/berlin-wall-personal-history.html 4fc03d59-9bbd-45d1-8097-8aab5d1ef9c6 Conflicts and Wars European History Modern History Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:45:00 EST The Berlin Wall - A Personal History I lived in Berlin from 1987-1989. While I was there, I studied German and worked for an English-language newspaper. I left the city for Frankfurt just nine months before The Wall fell. There was no hint of revolution. http://news.discovery.com/videos/archaeology-ancient-lost-army-found.html 4b6a3a6f-44b7-4f0e-bfcf-b60e061979f5 Ancient Egypt Archaeology Army Soldiers Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:16:43 EST Archaeology: Ancient Lost Army Found? Has the lost army of Cambyses II been found? The Persian army of 50,000 soldiers supposedly perished in a sandstorm in ancient Egypt 2500 years ago. Researchers have located a valley of bones they think may belong to the fabled army. http://news.discovery.com/tech/keep-out-border-wall.html 60822c0e-e597-4979-9852-3c88e5161349 Conflicts and Wars Modern History Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:48:00 EST Keep Out! Modern Borders, Barriers, Walls and Fences Countries resort to walls, barriers or fences as the solutions for keeping people out or in. This slideshow reveals walls we continue to build and refuse to tear down. http://news.discovery.com/videos/history-the-berlin-wall-went-where.html d95728d7-6f65-46ab-8912-e7e572ebf7aa History Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:31:37 EST History: The Berlin Wall Went Where? The Berlin Wall was almost 90 miles long. That's a lot of concrete to take down. Parts of the wall are easy to locate but what happened to the rest of it? James Williams finds out. http://news.discovery.com/tech/daylight-savings-quiz.html 70a98fb2-0735-4b6a-b914-c9dd99c18a72 Modern History Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:59:00 EDT What Do You Know About Daylight Savings Time? The concept for Daylight Savings Time has been around since the late 1700s. What else don't you know about our ability to manipulate time? http://news.discovery.com/tech/internet-history-timeline.html c9b70fd0-9873-44a2-bf0c-83f2fb8c4bfa History Internet Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:42:00 EDT A Brief History of the Internet On October 29, 1969, scientists sent their first networked communication between two computers that were more than 300 miles apart. Click through the time line to learn what happened next. http://news.discovery.com/history/titanic-salvage-expedition.html eb4d8163-876f-4271-b585-ee73c371f9a2 Artifacts Atlantic Ocean Shipwreck Titanic Treasure Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:12:00 EDT New Titanic Expedition Could Launch in 2010 The company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic is planning a possible expedition to the world's most famous shipwreck in 2010. http://news.discovery.com/history/amelia-earhart-resting-place.html 60e44688-ad97-4501-aa97-eadd5244bf30 Rossella Lorenzi Aircraft Airplane Artifacts Aviation Heroes Pacific Ocean Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:03:00 EDT Earhart's Final Resting Place Believed Found Legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart most likely died on an uninhabited tropical island in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati. http://news.discovery.com/history/da-vinci-painting.html 64c3e3e4-2850-4321-b16d-8ba3a95474a1 Artists Artwork Fingerprints Museums and Tours Painting Printers and Scanners Technology Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:36:00 EDT Possible New Da Vinci Painting Found A new painting by Leonardo da Vinci may have been discovered thanks to a centuries-old fingerprint.