Full Article In 1931 the rains stopped and the “black blizzards” began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept across the Southern Plains—the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, western Kansas, and the eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico. Topsoil that had taken a thousand years per inch to build suddenly blew away in only minutes. One journalist traveling through the devastated region dubbed it the “Dust Bowl.” Watch Surviving the Dust Bowl on PBS. See more from American Experience. Surviving the Dust Bowl is the remarkable story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust,…

May 9, 2012 3:23pm By Sheila Marikar @SheilaYM Vidal Sassoon, Legendary Hairstylist, Dies at 84 Full Article Legendary hairstylist Vidal Sassoon has died, his Beverly Hills salon confirmed to ABC News today. He was 84. Sassoon styled hair for seven decades. He pioneered a geometric haircut in the 1960s that came to be known as the new version of the classic bob cut, and Read More http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/05/vidal-sassoon-legendary-hairstylist-dies-at-84/

Full Article On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. The eighth of May spelled the day when Read More V-E Day is celebrated in America and Britain. (2012). The History Channel website. Retrieved 10:34, May 9, 2012, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/v-e-day-is-celebrated-in-american-and-britain.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/v-e-day-is-celebrated-in-american May 8, 1945: V-E Day is celebrated in American and Britain On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. The eighth of May spelled the day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms: In Prague, Germans surrendered to their Soviet antagonists, after the latter had lost more than 8,000 soldiers, and the Germans considerably more; in Copenhagen and Oslo; at Karlshorst, near Berlin; in northern Latvia; on the Channel Island…

Columbus May Not Have Been First to America Full Article Rossella Lorenzi Thu May 3, 2012 01:24 PM ET THE GIST •A five-century-old document has revealed that Italian bankers were behind John Cabot’s expeditions to North America. •The explorer may have‭ ‬had‭ ‬knowledge of European expeditions to the‭ ‬New World‭ that predated Columbus’s voyage. •The document was found after historians started an investigation worthy of a Dan Brown novel. Read More http://news.discovery.com/history/columbus-cabot-new-world-discovery-120503.html