Famous Historical Topics & Events Documents

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

Click on the image for a larger view. On the 14th of April, 1789, Charles Thomson - the secretary of Congress - had a very important trip to make.&nb...

Nine days after the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush addresses a joint session of the 107th Congress. He pledges to defend America's fre...

Bookcover image of Gods and Generals: A Novel of the Civil War, by Jeff Shaara.

This image depicts the book cover of Gordon and the Sudan: Prologue to the Mahdiyya 1877-1880, by Alice Moore Harell. This work helps us to understan...

This graphic, from the National Park Service, depicts the headquarter-locations of General U.S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee at the time of the Con...

Click on the image to see a better view of the graph. This graph, from the U.S. Social Security Administration, depicts the dramatic drop in Gross Na...

This graph depicts unemployment rates, during the Great Depression, and compares those percentages with other years (up to 2005). Click on the image ...

This list - a continued compilation indicating U.S. cities quickly responding to Chicago's cries for help - shows how supportive Americans were for Ch...

Throughout the country, Americans responded to Chicago's pleas for help.  When news of the disaster reached London - a city whose own residents h...

Image of the letter, signed by Guiteau, in which he details his motives for shooting President Garfield.  This image shows the first two pages of...

Image of the third page of Charles Guiteau's three-page letter in which he explains his motives for shooting President Garfield.

Image of notes by made by Guiteau at trial.

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