Created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers, International Talk Like a Pirate Day in honor of the Golden Age of Piracy. In observance of the holiday, EiH will "speak in pirate" on all blog posts this weekend. For more info on International Talk Like a Pirate Day, check...

I like to think of EiH as more than just a blog, if for no other reason than that I hate the word (I prefer online magazine). So, in an effort to keep EiH from being just another blog, there are now multiple ways to access the site. EverythingIsHistory.mobi - The mobile...

“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.” -Ben Franklin The above quote is one that my grandmother repeated almost daily during my formative years, although I didn't fully understand what it meant until I reached adulthood. I'd probably never fully understand...

[caption id="attachment_1859" align="alignright" width="142" caption="Today's Prize: How the States Got Their Shapes"] [/caption] I can't believe we are already over halfway through our wonderful adventure through the 50 states. I hope you have found some information...

Yesterday, at the end of the post,  I asked readers to find one event that happened on that day, and post it in the comments. One of them, the only one that posted actually, came across an interesting problem. My friend Julie writes: I’ve been enjoying your blog, and...

Everybody knows that on July 20, 1969 the first men set foot on the moon, you know Apollo 11 and all. But since the advent of the Gregorian calendar there have been over 400 July 20th's, so lets see what else has happened, shall we? 1656: Swedish forces under the command...

Income Tax History [caption id="attachment_1056" align="alignright" width="173" caption="Abraham Lincoln: Father of the Income Tax (sort of)"] [/caption] Did you know that the Federal Income Tax was first signed into law by Abraham Lincoln as the Revenue Act of 1861...

[caption id="attachment_975" align="alignright" width="230" caption="April 1st 2001 in Denmark, regarding Copenhagen"] [/caption] Like other holidays discussed on EverythingIsHistory.com, the origins of April Fools' Day is pretty much unknown. One legend posits that...

This is the last of a two-part series.  Click here for part one. Many products are so ubiquitous that we don’t even try to think of where their name originated, but as the tagline says, “haven’t you ever wondered?”  In this part, I'll show you an ironic name, a name with...