http://history1900s.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com 20th Century History GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-08T16:45:51Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/08/controversy-over-flight-93-memorial-design.htm On September 11, 2001, United Flight 93 was the only hijacked plane that did not hit its target. Thanks to determined passengers who fought with the terrorists, the plane crashed... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/08/controversy-over-flight-93-memorial-design.htm 2008-05-08T17:02:47Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/08/10-new-pictures-of-hiroshima-bombing.htm In 1945, U.S. serviceman Robert L. Capp found an undeveloped roll of film in a cave just outside of Hiroshima. On the film, were ten pictures of the immediate aftermath... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/08/10-new-pictures-of-hiroshima-bombing.htm 2008-05-08T16:45:51Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/07/reasons-for-the-dust-bowl.htm As the Great Depression whipped through the United States, so did massive dust storms. These dust storms ruined farm land and sent farmers searching for work out West. But what... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/07/reasons-for-the-dust-bowl.htm 2008-05-07T16:35:12Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/06/the-soviets-change-the-calendar.htm Although Lenin accepted the Gregorian calendar in the Soviet Union in 1918, the Soviets revamped the entire calendar again 1929, creating a Soviet revolutionary calendar that had five-day weeks. Learn... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/06/the-soviets-change-the-calendar.htm 2008-05-06T13:11:40Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/01/remains-of-czar-nicholas-iis-children-confirmed.htm In August 2007, the remains of two children were found buried in a field just outside the city where the last Russian czar and his family were held prisoner and... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/01/remains-of-czar-nicholas-iis-children-confirmed.htm 2008-05-01T18:40:47Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/01/chernobyl-to-get-new-protective-covering.htm The meltdown of the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on April 26, 1986 caused a huge, deadly environmental disaster. At the time, the Soviets quickly... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/01/chernobyl-to-get-new-protective-covering.htm 2008-05-01T13:11:51Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/30/should-mein-kampf-be-published-in-germany.htm Since the end of World War II, Adolf Hitler's book, Mein Kampf has not been allowed to be published in Germany. However, in 2015, the copyright on the book will... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/30/should-mein-kampf-be-published-in-germany.htm 2008-04-30T11:34:49Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/29/more-manson-murders.htm Charles Manson has become an icon of evil since his arrest for orchestrating the 1969 murders of seven people by his cult "family." Although sentenced to death, he was reprieved... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/29/more-manson-murders.htm 2008-04-29T11:34:47Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/24/navajo-code-talkers-4.htm In United States history, the story of Native Americans is predominantly tragic. Settlers took their land, misunderstood their customs, and killed them in the thousands. Then, during World War II,... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/24/navajo-code-talkers-4.htm 2008-04-24T21:07:34Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/23/holocaust-remembrance-day-4.htm It has been over 60 years since the Holocaust. To survivors, the Holocaust remains real and ever-present, but for some others, sixty years makes the Holocaust seem part of ancient... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/23/holocaust-remembrance-day-4.htm 2008-04-23T09:37:03Z