Mancala: The World’s Oldest Boardgame?

There is a good possibility that Mancala is the oldest-known board game ever played by humans.

“Turkish Girls Playing Mancala”–an engraving from 1907

Icons of Aviation History: Boeing 40B Airmail Carrier

The development of air mail in the 1920s was intended as a practical service by the Post Office, but it also served as a way for the US Government to encourage and subsidize research into long-range air transportation.

Boeing 40B on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago

The First Kennedy Assassination Attempt

In 1960, before he even took office, President John Kennedy was the target of an odd assassination attempt that came very close to killing him.

Kennedy family at the “Winter White House” in Palm Beach FL                                     official White House photo

Britain’s Civilian Aircraft Carriers

During the height of the Battle of the Atlantic in World War 2, the British defended their vital supply convoys against German U-boats with civilian cargo ships that had been fitted with flight decks to carry military aircraft.

Merchant Aircraft Carrier “Alexia”                                                  photo from Wikicommons