20th-Century | 5-Minute History

Rudyard Kipling's "Stiff Upper Lip": From Empire to Tragedy

Rudyard Kipling, born in India in 1865, embodied the spirit of British Imperialism during its peak. His life was a …

At the end of World War I, the world desperately needed a scapegoat to help come to terms with four long years of human …

Dubbed the "Roaring Twenties" in Britain and America, the "Années folles" (Crazy Years) in France, and the "Golden …

At the very end of the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!—about the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japan—Naval Marshal …

When a young painting conservator from New York University happened upon some Louis Vuitton trunks in a 15th-century …

The Golden Age of Hollywood was a period stretching from the introduction of sound in around 1927 to the beginning of …

Today's designer handbags have a long and storied history. Early Europeans used handbags just as we do today—to store …

During the early decades of the twentieth century, child labor reached a peak in the United States. American children …

It was a “golden age” of speeches when carefully crafted words had the power to lift people’s hearts and make the …

Audrey Hepburn was elegance personified. Her wistful expressions, her svelte figure, her impish charm, captivated …

The war years made celebrating the tradition of Christmas very difficult. But people found ways to make the most of it. …

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