Aug 14 2012
The Onion looks back at the romantic summer evening Pol Pot was conceived, the Panama Canal going over budget by…
This Week In History
Jul 31 2012
The Onion looks back at the admission of Ant Colony 000082567KLN00067X into the Union, Nelson Mandela becoming fully…
Jul 18 2012
The Onion looks back at on the day man first walked on the moon—the fucking moon for Christ's sake; the creation of…
Jun 19 2012
The Onion looks at the discovery of a group of North Dakotan coal miners that would become the cast of 'Happy Days,'…
Jun 12 2012
The Onion looks back at the release of David Bowie's 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust,' which popularized Glam…
Jun 6 2012
The Onion reflects on the Johnny Carson’s final Tonight Show with special guest Saddam Hussein, the opening of the…
May 22 2012
The Onion reflects on Bette Davis’s film debut as a piece of chocolate cake, Lindbergh’s historic flight across the…
May 15 2012
The Onion looks back at Alabama's first desegregated mass suicide, the historic V.E. Day Speech from FDR's rotting…
May 8 2012
The Onion reflects on the discovery of the first lesbian, the joyous Hindenburg explosion, and the Sears Tower's…