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.

Colonials do not want to pay taxes to Britain since they elect no members of Parliament.

George Woolf rides Seabiscuit to victories after Red Pollard is injured.

Paulus surrenders, which leads to Hitler's defeat and suicide.

German General Paulus disobeys Hitler and surrenders. It is the beginning of the end for Hitler and his Nazi regime.

This picture, taken during the summer of 1941 and online via the National Archives of Norway, depicts an SS sign in Norway. Germanske Norge means "Ger...

Poland receives no aid from other countries when Hitler invades, and the Warsaw Ghetto starts.

Alexei, the fifth child and only son of Nicholas II ("Tsar of all the Russias"), is born with hemophilia.

James Donovan selected the Glienicke Bridge, connecting West Berlin with Potsdam (in East Germany) as the place to exchange Abel for Powers. It become...

Joseph Goebbels is in charge of propaganda for the Third Reich and controls who can make movies and what those films can depict.

Gen. Jos' de Urrea tells James Fannin and his men they can surrender at Goliad without retribution. Santa Anna orders them executed. The Goliad massac...

The Pilgrims decide to leave Holland due to a lack of religious freedom and good jobs.

General "Chinese" Gordon offers The Mahdi gifts that he rejects, and then The Mahdi lays siege to Khartoum and beheads Gordon.

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