February 6, 1911: Ronald Reagan is Born February 6, 1911: Ronald Reagan is Born
A brief history of the “third-rate student at a fifth-rate college.”
Feb 6, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 5, 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt Proposes to ‘Pack’ the Supreme Court February 5, 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt Proposes to ‘Pack’ the Supreme Court
The so-called “court-packing” scheme was endorsed heartily by The Nation—unsurprisingly, as the plan was first floated in its pages four years earlier.
Feb 5, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 4, 1899: Fighting Erupts Between the Philippines and the United States February 4, 1899: Fighting Erupts Between the Philippines and the United States
Somehow, The Nation lamented, “we got hold of the notion that it would be a good thing to annex 1,200 islands at the other end of the world.”
Feb 4, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 3, 1924: Woodrow Wilson Dies February 3, 1924: Woodrow Wilson Dies
“Woodrow Wilson came into the political life of America as if in response to prayer,” wrote The Nation’s Oswald Garrison Villard. “Aspiring to the stars he ...
Feb 3, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 2, 1943: The Soviets Accept Germany’s Surrender in the Battle of Stalingrad February 2, 1943: The Soviets Accept Germany’s Surrender in the Battle of Stalingrad
“Bankers, conservative columnists, and other respectable people” were happy to see a million Russians die to keep open an Eastern front, The Nation noted, but became a ...
Feb 2, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 1, 1884: The Oxford English Dictionary Begins Publication February 1, 1884: The Oxford English Dictionary Begins Publication
A journey inside the famous Scriptorium of founding OED editor James A.H. Murray.
Feb 1, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 31, 1950: President Truman Announces the US Will Seek to Develop a Hydrogen Bomb January 31, 1950: President Truman Announces the US Will Seek to Develop a Hydrogen Bomb
The Nation argued against the development of the hydrogen bomb in terms that apply to Edward Snowden’s revelations about the surveillance state today.
Jan 31, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 30, 1948: Mohandas Gandhi is Assassinated January 30, 1948: Mohandas Gandhi is Assassinated
The Nation was the first American publication to write about Gandhi, back in 1897. Here’s what we said.
Jan 30, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 29, 1964: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Opens in Theaters January 29, 1964: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Opens in Theaters
Stanley Kubrick “has taken a whole complex of America’s basic assumptions by the shoulders and given them a rough shaking,” The Nation’s Robert Hatch wrote....
Jan 29, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 28, 1986: The Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes After Liftoff, Killing Seven Astronauts January 28, 1986: The Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes After Liftoff, Killing Seven Astronauts
What do you get when fall in love… with lucrative corporate boondoggles?
Jan 28, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac