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.

"A Policy for Viet-Nam" - dated September 10, 1963 - is part of the "Pentagon Papers."  It concludes that the "war [in Vietnam, between North ...

This is page 3 of the September 11, 1963 memo which concludes that South Vietnam cannot win a war against North Vietnam without American assistance.&n...

Part of the "Pentagon Papers," this September 11, 1963 document concludes that South Vietnam could not win a war against North Vietnam without America...

On the 5th of October, 1963, McGeorge Bundy - a special adviser to President Kennedy - wrote an "Eyes Only" memo to Ambassador Lodge (who was serving ...

Image of Indian Presents, listed items on the Meriweather Lewis supply list.  

As the Kennedy Administration continued to monitor the situation in Vietnam - where North and South were fighting against each other - "military indic...

This image depicts original pages of Bishop Wright's diary.  Father of the Wright Brothers, Milton Wright made this notation in his diary on the...

Bookcover image of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, by Martin Lings.  The work contains a rich source of materials regarding Muh...

In a frenzy, newspapers published information (some correct, some incorrect) about the assassination of President Lincoln and the attempted-assassinat...

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