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When Football Went to War In July 1969, Central America witnessed a short-lived yet significant conflict between El Salvador and Honduras. Popularly known as La Guerra del Fútbol (the Football War) the confrontation lasted only 100 hours, but its causes...

When we think of U.S. military history, the World Wars, Vietnam, and the Middle East often dominate the conversation. But between the late 1800s and the 1930s, the United States fought a series of smaller, often overlooked conflicts across Central America...

A Band Made of Cartoons Back in 1998, Blur frontman Damon Albarn and comic artist Jamie Hewlett decided to flip the idea of what a band could be. Out of that spark came Gorillaz, a group of four animated misfits: 2-D (vocal and keyboards), Murdoc (bass...

The Birth of Formula 1 Formula 1 was born in 1950, with the first World Championship Grand Prix held at Silverstone, won by Giuseppe ”Nino” Farina . The early years were dominated by Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Maserati. Argentine driver Juan...