HISTORY

Whether or not you think of Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel or Mel Brooks’ 1974 film spoof, the name “Frankenstein”...

Boers, who today number some 1.5 million souls, are the descendants of predominantly Dutch-speaking settlers who arrived in southern Africa...

Eighty years ago, on November 8, 1942, the Allies launched Operation Torch, the amphibious invasion of French North Africa and...

Bob Olinger is the bully we all love to hate. A favorite recurring scene in big-screen Hollywood Westerns depicts the...

Elena Gonzales joined the Chicago History Museum in spring 2021 as a guest curator and began as the Curator of...

Davy Crockett No, not that Davy Crockett. A reputed bully in Cimarron, this Davy — either a grandson or grand-nephew...

From sundown on Tuesday, October 25, through sundown on Thursday, October 27, followers of the Baha’i faith will be celebrating...

Late in the afternoon of Jan. 14, 1967, three tanks with the Ace of Spades painted on their hulls rolled...

This ghostly image was taken at the Electric Theater night club at 4812 North Clark St., Chicago, April 5, 1968....

Jean Napoleon Zerman was an enigmatic soldier of fortune, with an incredible knack for hairbreadth escapes. He spent a fair...