historians

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Keen-eyed fashion historians noticed that the late British singer and actor Jane Birkin caused a stir by wearing an almost identical dress to a Paris gala in 1969 with her then-partner Serge Gainsbourg.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

“If there are historians in the future, they’ll look back at Starship and say it was one of the most profound things that ever happened,” Musk said in a podcast interview last December.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Pollsters and historians say the souring of public opinion is all but unprecedented in its speed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

What most people don’t realize about the “Amadeus” version of Mozart’s story is that historians posit it is almost entirely fictional.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Professional historians still disagree about the solution; most are no longer even asking the question.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond