U.S. Presidents have varying backgrounds and political persuasions. Only one was unanimously elected. They can have little or lasting influence. These stories are about individuals with the power to make a difference at home and abroad.
Learn more about eleven of the Red Tail pilots.
Khrushchev believes President Kennedy will not react if he places nuclear missiles in Cuba.
While John Wilkes Booth remains infamous, 86 pages of his diary remain missing.
Operation Restore Hopes begins as a way to protect food supplies. Then President Clinton must order more soldiers and helicopters to Somalia.
Mogadishu is a combat zone between rebels when US troops arrive. The task is to capture Omar Salad and Mohamed Hassan Awale, aides to Mohamed Farrah A...
African American citizens challenge segregated city buses
The Spanish Flu impacts the US from the East Coast to Alaska; no one can find a cure. In a lesser-known event, President Woodrow Wilson recovers from ...
Mt Rushmore is dedicated on March 3, 1933. Why would anyone carve the heads of 4 presidents on the side of a mountain?
A mere six weeks into his second term, Lincoln becomes the first assassinated President.
Debate still rages over whether Oswald killed JFK but few doubt that he killed Officer J.D. Tippit.
The uncontrollable Guiteau becomes a celebrity during his trial.
The US government forces Navajos from their ancestral lands and makes them walk to eastern New Mexico.
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