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.

This is the first page of a CIA Report which discusses aerial photography of the Auschwitz-Birkenau area.  Click on the image for a better view.

This is a page from the Holocaust Revisited, a CIA Report about Allied aerial recon photos taken in the area of Auschwitz-Birkenau during the summer o...

In this May 3rd, 1863, decoded telegram to President Lincoln, from Maj. Gen. Butterfield, the commander-in-chief is told that "the battle has been mos...

Image of a letter, written by President Hoover, explaing the cause of the Great Depression and 1929's stock-market crash.  Page 2-of-4 of the Ho...

Image of a letter, written by President Hoover, explaing the cause of the Great Depression and the stock market crash of 1929.  Page 4-of-4 of t...

Letter from U.S. President Herbert Hoover to U.S. Senator Fess. Click on the image for a better view.

Bookcover image of Hunter Holmes McGuire: Stonewall Jackson's Doctor, by John W. Schildt.

This image depicts an official memo from the U.S. Hydrographic Office issued on the 15th of April, 1912. It indicates that Titanic had struck an icebe...

Ice Blink - The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition, by Scott Cookman, tells the story of Franklin's final (and fatal) effort to ...

Bookcover image of Imperial Vanities: The Adventures of the Baker Brothers and Gordon of Khartoum, by Brian Thompson.

There is an official trial record of the Boston-Massacre defendants (which also includes the indictment against them). This is a page from that trial...

Image of the Court Order to close Kent State University, signed by Judge Albert L. Caris. Click on the image for a better view.

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