in History
An empress and a king settle their frontier
Agnes of Poitou, regent of the Holy Roman Empire during her son Henry IV's minority, met with Andrew I of Hungary to negotiate the disputed border territory of Burgenland. The diplomatic encounter reflected the complex web of alliances and territorial claims that defined politics in the eleventh-century Holy Roman Empire.
The hidden figure who computed America's future
Dorothy Vaughan was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She became one of the most important yet long-overlooked figures in American space history. As the first African-American woman to supervise a group at NASA's Langley Research Center, she led calculations that helped send Americans into space. Her story, told in Hidden Figures, inspired millions.
Irish War of Independence: British police known as "Black and Tans" burn the town of Balbriggan and kill two local men.
Irish War of Independence: British police known as "Black and Tans" burn the town of Balbriggan and kill two local men in revenge for an IRA assassination.