America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Aerial view of Iwo Jima at about the time of the battle. It was here that thousands of people died between February-March, 1945. Department of D...
Sadness and death follow Lincoln's assassination, and conspiracy theories continue.
The gunfight on Fremont Street does not settle matters between the two sides, and more shootings and killings soon occur.
The movie Chicago is made after the 1996 revival of the musical.
Seabiscuit and his owner both die of heart problems; Seabiscuit's grave is by an unmarked oak tree at his ranch in California.
Read information about 8 more victims in the Virginia Tech Massacre.
JFK makes a secret deal for America to withdraw missiles in Turkey in exchange for Soviet withdrawal of missiles in Cuba.
Originally intending to take an 18-year-old boy as his victim, Fish takes the boy's 11-year-old sister Gracie instead.
Sirhan Sirhan shoots and kills Bobby and injures five others.
The first battles of the American Revolution occur at Lexington and Concord.
Space shuttles are reusable, and up to seven astronauts can fly aboard the orbiter. The crew can perform experiments and take photographs which show v...
A design flaw in America's Supersonic Transport Shuttle results in NASA's fatal 25th mission in 1986, as the shuttle explodes killing its crew.
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