This Week in History
Every week, one anniversary becomes an invitation to look more closely at the people, places and decisions that shaped what followed. Explore the Chronicle’s history features below, most recent first.
Latest published feature
- This Week in History, 9–15 November: The Night the Berlin Wall OpenedThe night the Berlin Wall opened: the people, decisions and complicated history behind 9 November 1989.
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November 2026
9–15 November: The Night the Berlin Wall Opened
2–8 November: Television Becomes a Regular Appointment
October 2026
26 October–1 November: The Erie Canal Opens a New Route
19–25 October: Yorktown and the Work of an Alliance
12–18 October: Luciano Pavarotti’s Beginnings in Modena
5–11 October: Dr. No Brings James Bond to the Cinema
September 2026
28 September–4 October: William of Normandy Lands at Pevensey
21–27 September: The Hobbit Opens a Door
14–20 September: The Flag Behind the Star-Spangled Banner
7–13 September: Elizabeth I: The Daughter Who Became Queen
August 2026
31 August–6 September: Diana’s Death and the Scale of Public Grief
24–30 August: Pluto and the Meaning of a Planet
17–23 August: Animal Farm Finds a Publisher
10–16 August: The Smithsonian Begins with a Bequest
3–9 August: Calvin Coolidge Takes the Oath at Home
July 2026
27 July–2 August: The Korean Armistice: A Halt in the Fighting
20–26 July: Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon
13–19 July: Live Aid Connects Two Stages
6–12 July: Anne Frank Goes into Hiding
June 2026
29 June–5 July: The Day the Globe Theatre Burned
22–28 June: Galileo Faces the Inquisition
15–21 June: Magna Carta: A Limit Put into Writing
8–14 June: Nineteen Eighty-Four Reaches Its Readers
1–7 June: Helen Keller Beyond the Familiar Story
May 2026
25–31 May: The First Audiences Enter Star Wars
18–24 May: The Morning Mount St. Helens Changed
11–17 May: Glacier Becomes a National Park
4–10 May: Remembering the Students at Kent State
April 2026
27 April–3 May: Samuel Morse Before the Telegraph
20–26 April: Apollo 16 Reaches the Lunar Highlands
13–19 April: Apollo 13: Changing the Mission
6–12 April: The Modern Olympics Begin
March 2026
30 March–5 April: Van Gogh and the Discipline Behind the Colour
23–29 March: Leaving Fort Clatsop
16–22 March: A Rocket’s Two-and-a-Half-Second Beginning
9–15 March: Barbie Makes Her Debut
2–8 March: Dr. Seuss and the Sound of Learning to Read
February 2026
23 February–1 March: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Work of Being Heard
16–22 February: Opening Tutankhamun’s Burial Chamber
9–15 February: The Beatles Arrive in America’s Living Rooms
2–8 February: The Bookseller Who Published Ulysses
January 2026
26 January–1 February: Baird’s Television Demonstration
19–25 January: The Birth of Edgar Allan Poe
12–18 January: Agatha Christie and the Art of Making Us Look Again