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.

"Plan BODYGUARD" serves to provide false information to the Germans, leading to Hitler's final days.

The decision makers divide Germany into East and West as residents struggle to survive.

President Truman makes a decision to use America's atomic weapons to bomb Japan.

See Jefferson's original Declaration, including an indictment of slavery which Congress deleted to secure the vote.

On December 8, 1941, following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt declares war.

Edward decimates Scottish forces and morale at Falkirk in July, 1298.

Saladin captures King Guy but spares his life; he executes almost everyone else.

King Kong was released during the Great Depression - a desperate time with high job loss, people losing their homes and little available food.

Few homes or buildings remain in Galveston after the hurricane.

Before John Wilkes Booth plans an assassination, he plans a kidnapping of President Lincoln.

T-Rex is an extinct, North American meat-eating dinosaur first found in 1902 by Barnum Brown.

Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy amid heavy damages, hoping to free the capital of France.

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