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.

Before the American Colonies had a federal system of government, people disagreed about many things. One thing most members of Congress agreed about, ...

To declare the American colonies' independence from Great Britain, Thomas Jefferson prepares a first draft of the Declaration of Independence for the ...

Days before his murder, President Lincoln recounts a dream he had about his own assassination.

Stephen Gray premiered his “Flying Boy” experiment in London during 1730. This image—a plate from a German-language text—depic...

In a darkened room, in central London, Francis Hauksbee (Hawksbee) rubbed his hand over the top of his electrostatic generator. Those actions caused&n...

Roger Boisjoly, a Morton Thiokol engineer, and others at NASA knew of a potential problem with Challenger's January 1986 launch.

Earthquakes typically occur along a fault line and Port Royal is located on top of one.

Tectonic plates come together to create "faults," or cracks in the earth's crust, where earthquakes can occur.

South Carolina History Standard 8-5.2 Describe the economic impact of Reconstruction on South Carolina in each of the various social classes

Ed Viesturs is an expert climber who reaches the summit of all the world's 14 mountains higher than 8,000 feet.

Edward Bushell holds firm on his verdict, in favor of William Penn, and his own case (based on a Writ of Habeas Corpus) changes the law for future jur...

Eighty years later, on the anniversary of their brutal execution, the Russian people lay the Romanov family to rest in St. Petersburg.

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