365 Modern History: From World War Two to the World Wide Web:Great Stories in Modern History for Every Day of the Year

From Nixon?s resignation to the canonization of the first US saint, this book revels in the recent highs and lows of the US and the rest of the world. An entry for every day of the year provides the perfect dip-in-dip-out format for armchair historians. 2 February 1987: Punxsutawney Phil turns 100 14 May 1948: First Jewish state in 2000 years comes into being 23 October 2001: The iPod is born.