Famous Historical Topics & Events Chapters

What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.

The American public loves President McKinley, who is intelligent, who loves his wife, and has an appealing personality.

President McKinley is laid to rest as huge crowds look on and Thomas Edison films the event.

First-century Judea combines Roman rule, Greek thought, Jewish tradition, and the Aramaic language.

Key, greatly relieved about the outcome of the battle, writes a poem about it. Soon thereafter, his words are set to the tune of a popular song.

DNA and skeletal evidence prove that human remains which are found belong to the Romanov family and their staff.

DNA and skeletal evidence prove that uncovered remains belong to the Romanov family and their staff.

During his long career, Herblock targets politics and public policy using truth to remind public servants that they serve the people.

The remaining 55 hostages are let go after 444 days, and Mendez receives honors for his rescue mission.

Learn about Marie Antoinette's royal childhood and see the three palaces where she spends her time.

When his main contact in America defects in Paris, Rudolf Abel is "found out." The FBI tracks him down, to his Brooklyn neighborhood, and arrests him ...

As far as scholars know, the first depiction of the death of Jesus - in illuminated manuscript form - is found in the Syriac Rabbula Gospels, from 586...

President Johnson's personal diary entries lack a sense of urgency concerning the alleged second attack in the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 August 1964.

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