Although the majority of this footage comes from the 1908 Olympic Games, at least one clip predates the 1908 event. On July 2, 2021, a video started circulating on social media that supposedly showed ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - President Joe Biden announced his plans to formally designate the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a national monument using his authority through the Antiquities ...

The 2018 PyeongChang Olympics mark the 110th anniversary of figure skating’s inclusion in the Olympic program. Regardless of the lack of a formal Winter Olympics in those days, the organizing ...

This essay has been adapted from a “Spiel” delivered by Mike Pesca on his podcast, The Gist. An edited transcript of the audio recording is below, and you can listen to Pesca’s Spiel by clicking on ...

When the investors in the Henry Ford Company couldn’t get Henry to design and build cars for sale they turned to Detroit’s “Master of Precision,” Henry Leland, in 1902 to appraise the company’s assets ...

A lawsuit brought by an injured fan revealed that an umpire blew an important call in a 1908 baseball game. Few tangible elements remain of the 1908 baseball season: The players who took part in it, ...

Drought conditions continue to affect parts of the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State. Drought also affected the Adirondacks during the summer and autumn of 1908 which resulted in the ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to the year 1908. Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document our nation’s shared history, art from across the ...