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As a history major you will study many important people, events and eras that helped shape the world we live in today.  You will study trends, be they social, political, strategic, economic, medical, or religious, chronologically over the course of recorded history.  Understanding these trends helps contextualize our modern world and gives us the knowledge we need to guarantee a successful future.

Honestly, though, unless you want to a history professor, or serve as a museum curator, archivist, or historian, you should probably avoid a History Major.  There are not many other careers that  pay people to know about Suleiman's conquests as monarch of the Ottoman Empire.

The average annual wages for a curator is $46 thousand, $40 thousand for an archivist, but those wages rise drastically (almost 100%) if you are an archivist or curator for the Federal Government.  But competition for these jobs is fierce. 

Some other suggested careers for History majors are sportswriter, editor, politician or financial auditor.  If you really wanted one of those jobs why wouldn't you just major in Journalism, English, Political Science or Business?  There are few majors considered to be total wastes, but unless you want to teach history, a History degree is pretty close.  

As a minor, History can be invaluable; you can learn many historical lessons that are still pertinent today, and you can cite interesting facts like Suleiman's siege of Rhodes.  But as a major, History simply has no value.