History of the Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, formally Le Club de Hockey Canadien, was founded on December 4, 1909. The Canadiens are the oldest professional hockey f…
History of the Nashville Sounds
The Nashville Sounds Minor League Baseball team was established in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1978, after Larry Schmittou and a group of investors purchased the r…
History of the National Hockey League (1917–1942)
The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded in 1917 following the demise of its predecessor league, the National Hockey Association (NHA). In an effort to remo…
History of the National Hockey League (1942–1967)
The Original Six era of the National Hockey League (NHL) began in 1942 with the demise of the Brooklyn Americans, reducing the league to six teams: Boston Bruin…
History of the National Hockey League (1967–1992)
The expansion era of the National Hockey League (NHL) began when six new teams were added for the 1967–68 season, ending the Original Six era. The six existing …
History of the New York Jets
The history of the New York Jets American football team began in 1959 with the founding of the Titans of New York, an original member of the American Football L…
History of the New York Yankees
The history of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball (MLB) team spans more than a century. Frank J. Farrell and William Stephen Devery bought the rights to…
History of the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army
The Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army (OTIG) is the agency tasked with investigating the United States Army. Its stated mission is to "p…
History of the Wales national football team (1876–1976)
The Wales national football team is the third-oldest side in international association football. The team played their first match in March 1876, four years aft…
History of the Yosemite area
Human habitation in the Sierra Nevada region of California reaches back 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. Historically attested Native American populations, such as th…
History of timekeeping devices
The history of timekeeping devices dates back to when ancient civilizations first observed astronomical bodies as they moved across the sky. Devices and methods…
History of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is a football club based in Tottenham, north London, England. Formed in 1882 as "Hotspur Football Club" by a group of schoolboys…
History of U.S. science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1950
Science-fiction and fantasy magazines began to be published in the United States in the 1920s. Stories with science-fiction themes had been appearing for decade…
History of York City F.C. (1922–1980)
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. The history of York City F.C. from 1922 to 1980 cov…
History of York City F.C. (1980–present)
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. Its history from the 1980–81 to the current season …
Hitler Diaries
The Hitler Diaries (Hitler-Tagebücher) were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf Hitler, but forged by Konrad Kujau between 1981 a…
Hitler's prophecy
During a speech at the Reichstag on 30 January 1939, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany, threatened "the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe" in the …
HMAS Australia (1911)
HMAS Australia was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers built for the defence of the British Empire. Ordered by the Australian government in 1909, sh…
HMAS Melbourne (R21)
HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1955 until 1982, and was the third and final c…
HMS Agincourt (1913)
HMS Agincourt was a dreadnought battleship built in the United Kingdom in the early 1910s. Originally part of Brazil's role in a South American naval arms race,…
HMS Aigle (1801)
HMS Aigle was a 36-gun, fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Ordered on 15 September 1799 and built at Bucklers Hard shipyard, she was launched 23 September 18…
HMS Alceste (1806)
HMS Alceste was built at Rochefort in 1804 for the French Navy as Minerve, an Armide-class frigate. In the spring of 1806, prior to her capture, she engaged HMS…
HMS Argus (I49)
HMS Argus was a British aircraft carrier that served in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1944. She was converted from an ocean liner that was under construction when…
HMS Ark Royal (91)
HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that operated during the Second World War.