Kenneth C. Davis is the bestselling author of Don’t Know Much About® History and other books in the Don’t Know Much About® series. For more than 3o years, Kenneth C. Davis has proven that Americans don’t hate history — just the dull version they slept through in class. He busts myths, sets the record straight, and makes history human.
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The first federal Labor Day holiday was marked on September 3, 1894. In a new American landscape for working people, its time to rethink work and a fitting moment to consider the history of Labor Day.
As the world approaches the 80th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs in August 1945, this post offers a day-by-day timeline of the momentous events that led to the end of the war
