History is in the making - Works in Progress
Though we tend to see history as just one political event after another, it’s technology and ideas, not politics, that change our lives the most. History should reflect that.
Most of us recognize the following dates and years: 4th July 1776, 14th July 1789, 1914, 1933, 1917, 1215, 1815, and 1066. But I imagine most readers will fail to identify what’s special about this second list of dates: 5th July 1687, 9th March 1776, and 24th November 1859. Or indeed this third list of dates and years: 22nd January 1970, 26th April 1956, 1st October 1908, and 1960. Get the print magazine Subscribe for $100 to receive six beautiful issues per year. Subscribe Why are these first dates so recognizable and memorable? It is because the events in question (the adopting of the US Dec
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