History Dispatches

Henrietta Lacks was an ordinary women who lived and ordinary life. However upon her death scientists discovered that she had a real life superpower. Her cells were basically immortal, and their study has forever changed the face of modern medicine, and generated endless controversy.

Sources

"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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According to legend, in the 12th century a Welsh prince, Madoc, sailed to the west - looking for a place to settle his people. They would find the Americas. And for hundreds of years rumors would persist about the descendants of these settlers. This is the story of Madoc and the Welsh Indians.

Sources

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/The-discovery-of-America-by-Welsh-Prince/

https://clements.umich.edu/publication/the-best-of-the-west/a-profound-and-enduring-impression/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc

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While being the county seat is important, it is probably not worth fighting a war over. However, for the people of Stevens County, Kansas, the decision for county seat turned violent, and culminated in the Hay Meadow Massacre, where four men were killed in cold blood. This is the story of the Hay Meadow Massacre.

Sources

https://www.ksgenweb.org/KSStevens/haymeadow.html

https://digging-history.com/2014/07/24/feudin-and-fightin-friday-the-hay-meadow-massacre/

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At the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Adolph Hitler hoped to demonstrate to the world the power, majesty and superiority of the resurgent German nation. That, however, would be foiled by a 22-year old African American track and field athlete - who would put on one of the greatest displays in Olympic history. This is the story of Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympic Games.

Sources

https://jesseowens.com

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/owens/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens

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Wars can drag on for years. Others might last only a few months, a couple of weeks, or even a handful of days. And then there was the Anglo-Zanzibar war - a conflict that lasted a record setting 38 minutes.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Shortest-War-in-History/

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