Did Robin Hood really exist?
As with Santa Claus, the legend of Robin Hood has spread across many cultures through the centuries as an emblem of merriment,...
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Classic City News
- Aug 30
- 5 min
Why was Joan of Arc important?
Amid the bloodshed of the Hundred Years' War in the 14th and 15th centuries rose a figure who seems as much of a shadowy legend as King...
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Classic City News
- Aug 29
- 2 min
The 3 Musketeers candy bar was named for its flavors
The 1930s were a landmark time for the candy business. Despite the economic hardships of the Great Depression, confectionary companies...
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Classic City News
- Aug 25
- 4 min
5 of the most famous airplanes to ever take to the sky
Humans have been fascinated with flight for a long, long time. The ancient Chinese built the first kites, mimicking the shapes of birds,...
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Classic City News
- Aug 25
- 6 min
Navigation through the ages
Thousands of years ago, the oceans seemed a lot wider, even unnavigable. Before mariners developed tried-and-true navigation techniques,...
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Classic City News
- Aug 21
- 3 min
4 Secrets of the CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency has its fingers in many pies, from counterterrorism to offensive cyber operations and covert paramilitary...
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Classic City News
- Aug 19
- 5 min
Aqueduct built during Roman Empire still in use today
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is a motto that works well for Rome. Because of the incredibly advanced craftsmanship of ancient Rome’s...
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Classic City News
- Aug 19
- 3 min
The First World War helped to popularize candy bars
Today’s grocery stores are stocked with a seemingly endless variety of candy bars. This modern-day menagerie of chocolate treats can...
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Classic City News
- Aug 18
- 4 min
Empires that charted the course of history
Much of human history has been defined by the actions of around 50 to 70 empires that once ruled large swathes of people across vast...
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Classic City News
- Aug 15
- 2 min
Why did sailors wear bell-bottom pants?
Bell-bottoms have long been synonymous with sailors in the U.S. Navy: Just picture Sailor Jack, the patriotic mascot who first appeared...
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Classic City News
- Aug 11
- 1 min
Hawaii is the first state to have 2 official languages
Most states don’t recognize any language as an official tongue. Yet Hawaii has officially recognized two state languages — English and...
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Classic City News
- Aug 10
- 5 min
Edison had plans to make the statue talk and other things you mayn’t have known about Lady Liberty
Thomas Edison revolutionized the audio world in 1878 when he obtained a patent for his latest invention, the phonograph. The audio player...
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Classic City News
- Aug 10
- 6 min
Things you might not have known about the Wild West
The Wild West — sometimes called by the more subdued name of the Old West — is the star of many romanticized American stories. Tales of...
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Classic City News
- Aug 10
- 4 min
Some interesting things about the Prohibition era
As early as the colonial era, the consumption of alcoholic beverages was a contentious issue in America. Drunkenness was generally...
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Classic City News
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Today in History: August 9, 1945 U.S. bombs Nagasaki
376900 09: (FILE PHOTO) A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over the Japanese industrial port of Nagasaki,...
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Classic City News
- Aug 8
- 9 min
39 baseball Hall of Famers served in World War II
They don’t call it the Greatest Generation for nothing. Of the hundreds of ballplayers who have been inducted into the National Baseball...
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