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Inaugurated on this day in 1853 ( see below —public ceremonies were held on 4 March with a few exceptions when the date fell on a Sunday fro...

  Relations formally severed by the Eisenhower administration on this day in 1961 in the aftermath of the Cuba Revolution, partially restor...

The fictional terra nullius, an island in the middle of the Lake of the Woods (Pikwedina Sagainan) neither claimed by the US or Canada sin...

As this calendar year draws to a close and we look forward with anticipation to 2023, we again take time to reflect on a selection of some ...

The third of the annual NATO command post exercise to train Western Europe units for escalating nuclear conflict and prompt...

Along with a coalition of six Caribbean partner states, the United States embarked on this day in 1983 on its first and only military vic...

Whilst I’ve been the recipient of my share of military unit coins with varying levels of swagger, ridiculousness and bombast, outside of ...

Courtesy of a film recommendation by one of our favourite podcasts, The Flop House , we learn of the 1963, Oscar-nominated film by Frank Pe...

Hearing that someone might be making a weekend of visiting nearby sites where films had been shot sounded like a fun activity and piqued my ...

Launched on a routine rotation and restocking mission to the Salyut 6 space laboratory on this day in 1980, the crew of Soyuz 38 included c...

Despite its conception in the popular imagination the Washington-Moscow Direct Communications Link or hotline, which first went into operati...

Though propelled back into renewed popularity with Munich artist Lou Bega’s sampling and remixed version released on this day in 1999 in G...

Via the inestimable Kottke , we’re directed to a profile of illustrator and court reporter (see previously here and here ) Wendy MacNaughto...

As this calendar draws to a close and we look forward to 2020, we again take time to reflect on a selection of some of the things and events...

Since seeing that raw tweet put out by one major news organisation—since amended—announcing the death of Fidel Castro with the parenthetical...

This collection of vintage Cuban political posters (propaganda is always such a dicey and loaded word) of curator Michael Taylor of Bath, UK...

Quartz presents a really fascinating and under-appreciated glimpse on the strange, strained affair that the Chinese government has with West...

H and I had the chance years ago to explore the German Baltic coast (Ostsee) and camped in the shadow of the massive former sea-resort of ...

The story of America’s other non-contiguous state is also a fascinating one and how it came to be is impacted not just by time and tide (and...