Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Born in Hadley, Massachusetts, Hooker graduated from West Point in 1837 and later distinguished himself in the Mexican-American War, rising to the rank of ...

On May 6, 1935, in the depths of the Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing the Works Progress Administration to provide work for the unemployed.

In 1527, unpaid troops loyal to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V attacked Rome, forcing Pope Clement VII to flee to safety; some scholars mark the ensuing sack of the city ...