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This Week In History News, May 30 – Jun. 5

Century-old message in a beer bottle discovered in Detroit, the earliest animal carvings ever found in Scotland, and Roman-era decapitations uncovered in England.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 4, 2021

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This Week In History News, May 30 – Jun. 5

Century-old message in a beer bottle discovered in Detroit, the earliest animal carvings ever found in Scotland, and Roman-era decapitations uncovered in England.

By All That's Interesting • June 4, 2021

Remains Of Children Uncovered At Former Indigenous School Site In Canada

The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation found 215 bodies on the grounds of the defunct Kamloops Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 4, 2021

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Remains Of Children Uncovered At Former Indigenous School Site In Canada

The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation found 215 bodies on the grounds of the defunct Kamloops Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 4, 2021

Discovery In Mexico Indicates The First Americans Arrived 20,000 Years Before We Thought

Researchers dated a set of animal bones found in Coxcatlán Cave to around 30,000 years ago — completely upending previous estimates of when humans first arrived in the Americas.

By Leah Silverman • Jun 4, 2021

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Discovery In Mexico Indicates The First Americans Arrived 20,000 Years Before We Thought

Researchers dated a set of animal bones found in Coxcatlán Cave to around 30,000 years ago — completely upending previous estimates of when humans first arrived in the Americas.

By Leah Silverman • June 4, 2021

Arizona Plans To Execute Death Row Prisoners With ‘Zyklon B’ — The Gas The Nazis Used At Auschwitz

Arizona has quietly gathered the ingredients to make the lethal gas, triggering outrage in Germany.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 4, 2021

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Arizona Plans To Execute Death Row Prisoners With ‘Zyklon B’ — The Gas The Nazis Used At Auschwitz

Arizona has quietly gathered the ingredients to make the lethal gas, triggering outrage in Germany.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 4, 2021

How Elvis Presley Convinced Americans To Take The Polio Vaccine

In 1956, the King of Rock 'n' Roll got his polio vaccination on live TV — and helped America turn the corner in fighting the epidemic.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 3, 2021

How Elvis Presley Convinced Americans To Take The Polio Vaccine

In 1956, the King of Rock 'n' Roll got his polio vaccination on live TV — and helped America turn the corner in fighting the epidemic.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 3, 2021

The Brutal And Bloody World Of ‘Venationes’, Ancient Rome’s Staged Animal Hunts

Bloodthirsty crowds reveled in venationes that saw the mass slaughter of animals like lions, elephants, and bears as the Romans forever altered the ecosphere of an entire region.

By Tim Brinkhof • Jun 3, 2021

The Brutal And Bloody World Of ‘Venationes’, Ancient Rome’s Staged Animal Hunts

Bloodthirsty crowds reveled in venationes that saw the mass slaughter of animals like lions, elephants, and bears as the Romans forever altered the ecosphere of an entire region.

By Tim Brinkhof • June 3, 2021

Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal History Of Racist Hiring Practices At Buckingham Palace

The documents, discovered in the National Archives, show the royal family barred people of color from serving as office or clerical staff as late as 1968.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 3, 2021

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Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal History Of Racist Hiring Practices At Buckingham Palace

The documents, discovered in the National Archives, show the royal family barred people of color from serving as office or clerical staff as late as 1968.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 3, 2021

Aktion T4, The Nazi Program That Slaughtered 300,000 Disabled People

Inside the Aktion T4 program, the little-known euthanasia initiative that killed as many as 300,000 disabled people as the Nazis swept across Europe.

By Richard Stockton • Jun 3, 2021

Aktion T4, The Nazi Program That Slaughtered 300,000 Disabled People

Inside the Aktion T4 program, the little-known euthanasia initiative that killed as many as 300,000 disabled people as the Nazis swept across Europe.

By Richard Stockton • June 3, 2021

Single 16mm Frame Of ‘Alien Autopsy’ Allegedly Shot In Roswell Up For Auction As A $1 Million NFT

The footage has purportedly been authenticated by the CIA and the winning bidder will also receive a memo from a scientist affiliated with the agency that verifies the negative.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 2, 2021

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Single 16mm Frame Of ‘Alien Autopsy’ Allegedly Shot In Roswell Up For Auction As A $1 Million NFT

The footage has purportedly been authenticated by the CIA and the winning bidder will also receive a memo from a scientist affiliated with the agency that verifies the negative.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 2, 2021

Archaeologists Unearth ‘Exceptionally High’ Number Of Decapitated Bodies At Roman Burial Site In England

The burial sites at Knobb's Farm indicate that the Romans turned to harsh punishments to keep their British subjects in line in the third century.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 2, 2021

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Archaeologists Unearth ‘Exceptionally High’ Number Of Decapitated Bodies At Roman Burial Site In England

The burial sites at Knobb's Farm indicate that the Romans turned to harsh punishments to keep their British subjects in line in the third century.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 2, 2021