Something many people don’t realize is how many historical mysteries continue to baffle historians everywhere. History is written by the victors and, in some cases, not written at all. Thus, we have a ...

Long before text messages and FaceTime, the pager was how we communicated with friends and family. Outside of the medical field, millennials won’t know anything about these devices. This was primitive ...

Key Points Apollo 13's emergency crash landing in the South Pacific Ocean was a significant event in the 70s, despite the mission's failure. The first Earth Day in 1970 marked the birth of the modern ...

If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many times. Thankfully, we’re long removed from the days of hard drives taking ...

David has been writing for History-Computer since 2021, but has worked in digital media for well over a decade. He’s a resident of South Florida, David enjoys retro gaming, cruising, and his home ...

Few historical warrior classes evoke the same sort of fascination as the samurai in popular culture. Samurai came to prominence in feudal Japan, notably in the Sengoku period, where figures like ...

Private Military Companies (PMCs) are the modern day version of mercenaries, or soldiers for hire. Since the dawn of civilization, professional warriors have emerged in every race, culture, and ...

Throughout the history of warfare, certain moments have changed the way nations conduct themselves in conflicts. It might see a shift in strategic doctrine, or a changing geopolitical landscape, but ...

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Gas flames had been electrically conductive since about the middle of the nineteenth century, and early wireless researchers recognized that the existence of radio waves altered this conductivity. De ...