The 20th century ushered in the age of radio and the information age saw two world wars, the Great Depression, and the civil rights movement. This category lists weblogs which address those events, as well as the things which happened in the 20th century, historically speaking.
Regular Blogs
1964 Alaskan Earthquake: Personal Accounts
Provides the personal stories of people who were in Alaska on Good Friday of 1964 and survived the earthquake. People of all ages tell their stories, many in great detail.
http://alaskanearthquake1964.wordpress.com
All About the 1989 Oakland A's
Subtitled "And Giants, and Loma Prieta," this weblog has a large category of posts about that quake and how it affected the Oakland A's, the members of the team, and the region. Contained here are photographs, maps, and newspaper articles about the earthquake.
http://1989oaklandas.wordpress.com/tag/loma-prieta-earthquake/
Shares information and opinions about radio history, as well as engineering, media law, and other things to do with radio history.
http://tenwatts.blogspot.com
Contains numerous posts about movie history, including drive-ins and types of movie theaters.
http://celebrationcinema.wordpress.com/tag/film-history/
Devoted to the 1960s this weblog is chock-full of photographs of old cars, gangsters, and rock bands, as well as iconic television shows and student demonstrations.
http://childofthesixtiesforeverandever.blogspot.com/
This blog offers an online venue for student discussion and responses which centers on the Civil Rights Movement, between the 1940s to the 1960s.
http://civilrights1940-1960.blogspot.com
Displays civil rights terms, Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," and how the Supreme Court handled the topic of Civil Rights.
http://roberts48.blogspot.com
Posts items which are of interest to veterans who served in any branch of the United States military during the cold war era.
http://cold-war-veterans-blog.blogspot.com/
Maintained by a retired British teacher, this blog centers around memoirs and novels written about the period surrounding the War to End All Wars.
http://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/
Kaiser Permanente: Loma Prieta Earthquake
Kaiser's history is somewhat entangled with the earthquakes of the region, and the Loma Prieta quake is no different. These are blog posts about the 1989 quake.
http://kaiserpermanentehistory.org/tag/loma-prieta-earthquake/
My Blog on the Great Depression
Delves into the details of the Great Depression of 1929 - 1933, including the areas most affected by the depression and when, the role of women in the economy and life, and what it was like to live through it.
http://myblogonthegreatdepression.blogspot.com
The author of this blog is a Christian who says he was not affected directly by the Holocaust but had relatives who fought in the war. He has done in-depth research about the Holocaust and shares what he knows with his readers.
http://holokauston.wordpress.com
The grandson of the Australian-New Zealand Army Corps during World War I blogs about the war, anecdotes, and historic articles.
http://outofbattle.blogspot.com/
Sets forth photographs and entries about life in the 1970s, with items such as shag rungs, toys, trading cards, and pages from catalogues.
http://plaidstallions.blogspot.com/
This tribute to radio features vintage broadcasts which were directly transferred from the original transcriptions, including the original broadcast of "The War Of the Worlds," "Hopalong Cassidy," and "Fibber McGee and Molly."
http://randsesotericotr.podbean.com
Remembering the Loma Prieta Earthquake
Solicits and publishes first-hand accounts of the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which crippled the city of San Francisco and much of the Bay Area for weeks after it jolted that part of the state.
http://lomaprietastories.wordpress.com
Russian History Blog: Cold War
A large part of this blog is about the Cold War and the Cold War Era, including Russian space history, baby boomers in Russia, and the so-called nuclear age.
http://russianhistoryblog.org/category/coldwar/
Faithfully traces the events which occurred during the Holocaust, with sections about Buchenwald, Dachau, and stories about the people involved and affected by it.
https://furtherglory.wordpress.com
The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake & Tsunami
The United States Geological Service details what happened on March 27 1964 in Alaska, how the earthquake affected the world, and the damage the tsunami caused as well as the geological science behind the event.
http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/the-1964-great-alaska-earthquake-tsunami/
The woman who keeps this blog began two years ago to live as if it were 1955 in middle-class America. She enjoyed it so much that she is still living in the past. At this time, she is living as if it were 1957. Every month she has goals she wants to achieve by the end of the month, and she blogs about her progress.
http://my50syear.blogspot.com
Contains all manner of information about the Cold War, including the arms limitation pacts, the iron curtain, and the Marshall Plan.
http://eurocivcourse7.edublogs.org
The official weblog for the Cold War Museum posts about that era and the museum's exhibits as well as guest posts about topics which are related to the Cold War and the museum.
http://cwmblog.blogspot.com
Since 1998, this weblog has been presenting information, videos, and essays about the Holocaust. Also shares footage of death camp liberations, details about David Irving, and Holocaust deniers.
http://holocausthistoryproject.blogspot.com
The Vietnamese War, Blog of History
Written by a Vietnamese blogger, this weblog lays out the background of the country as well as the war itself, a timeline of the war, a detailed history of the conflict, and children of the war.
http://thevietnamesewar.blogspot.com
Shares details about the battles, weaponry, armor, and conveyances of the war, as well as details about various battles and how those items played a part in the war.
http://worldwarweapons.blogspot.com/
Victory Theater: Hollywood and World War II
Focuses on the service America's movie stars and others in the film industry gave to the military as part of the war effort. From those who enlisted to those who were lost, and on to those who entertained the troops and those who did or, all these years later, write and act in movies which depict that important war.
http://hollywoodatwar.blogspot.com/
Explores the role of women as well as their value during the Great Depression, with photographs and reflections by the author.
http://womeninthegreatdepression.wordpress.com
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier
This blog consists of correspondence from British soldier Harry Lamin during World War I. The letters were each posted on the blog exactly 90 years from the date of its being written.
http://wwar1.blogspot.com/
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier
Consists of letters from World War I soldier Harry Lamin, an English soldier who served in Northern Italy from late 1916 until January 1920. It was begun in 2006 by the grandson of Harry Lamin, and he posted until May, 2011, when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and his daughter, Harry's great granddaughter, has taken over.
http://wwar1.blogspot.com/
This weblog is an effort to capture the memories of veterans as well as suggestions about the creation of of online memorials for those veterans.
http://wwiimemories.blogspot.com/
