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 Sounds' original "Slugger" logo, used from 1978 to 1998
The Nashville Sounds Minor League Baseball team was established in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1978, af…
History of the National Hockey League (1917–1942)
The Montreal Canadiens host the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1938
The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded in 1917 following the demise of its predecessor league,…
History of the National Hockey League (1942–1967)
The Toronto Maple Leafs play the Chicago Black Hawks. Note the goaltender is playing without a mask.
The Original Six era of the National Hockey League (NHL) be…
History of the National Hockey League (1967–1992)
The Atlanta Flames were one of many expansion teams that brought the NHL from six teams in 1967 to 21 by 1979.
The expansion era of the National Hockey League (…
History of the New York Jets
1968 game program cover, depicting a Jets helmet during their AFL years. From the Heidi Game on November 17, 1968.
The history of the New York Jets American fo…
History of the New York Yankees
The 1913 squad, the first that went by the name "Yankees"
The history of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball (MLB) team spans more than a century. Frank …
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
Galen Clark, the first California-state-appointed guardian of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove, pictured in front of the Grizzly Giant Tree, Mariposa Grov…
History of timekeeping devices
A 17th-century sand hourglass. The hourglass is nowadays often used symbolically to represent the concept of time.
The history of timekeeping devices dates back…
History of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
The original Spurs cockerel
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is a football club based in Tottenham, north London, England. Formed in 1882 as "Hotspur Football Cl…
History of U.S. science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1950
First issue of Amazing Stories, dated April 1926, cover art by Frank R. Paul
Science-fiction and fantasy magazines began to be published in the United States in…
History of York City F.C. (1922–1980)
The York City squad before a match in 1922
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. The hist…
History of York City F.C. (1980–present)
York City players after the club's victory at Wembley Stadium in the 2012 FA Trophy final
York City Football Club is a professional association football club ba…
Hitler Diaries
"Hitler's diaries discovered". Stern's front page on 28 April 1983
The Hitler Diaries (Hitler-Tagebücher) were a series of sixty volumes of journals purport…
Hitler's prophecy
Wochenspruch der NSDAP, displayed 7–13 September 1941, quotes Hitler's speech on 30 January 1939. (The rendition omits "inside and outside Europe" and "the Bols…
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.