Algeria Independence: How 132 Years of French Colonial Rule Ended on July 5, 1962 and How the Algerian People Won Their Freedom at Devastating Cost

On July 5, 1962, in cities and towns across Algeria, people poured into the streets in waves of joy that the world’s cameras recorded with astonishment. Children rode on thei

Iran Air Flight 655 Shot Down: How the USS Vincennes Killed 290 Civilians on July 3, 1988 and Why It Still Haunts US-Iran Relations

At 9:54 in the morning of July 3, 1988, two SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Vincennes tore through the fuselage of an Airbus A300 climbi

Idaho Statehood: How the Gem State Became the 43rd Member of the Union on July 3, 1890

On July 3, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison sat at his desk in Washington, D.C., and signed the proclamation admitting Idaho to the Union as the forty-third state of the United St

Pickett’s Charge: How Lee’s Greatest Gamble Failed at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 and Broke the Confederacy’s Last Hope of Victory

At approximately two o’clock in the afternoon on July 3, 1863, on a broad, sun-scorched Pennsylvania farm field south of the town of Gettysburg, roughly 12,500 Confederate so