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 image depicts the 4th page of a federal-government memo entitled Report of McNamara-Taylor Mission to South Vietnam, dated October 2,1963.  ...

This image is page 20 of a book describing the kidnapping of Africans who were transported to the "new world" aboard a ship called La Amistad.   ...

Image of the Slave Roster from the records of the Molly slave ship.  Maintained by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, U.K. From the Unders...

In July of 1917, not long after the US entered WWI, the NAACP invited African-Americans to march in a silent protest held in New York City.

This illustration is entitled:  "Slaves Packed Below and on Deck."  When a slave ship named Zeldina was blown off course, near the Cuban coa...

The Illustrated London News published an article, and this picture, in the September 17, 1845 issue.  From the article, we learn that these shack...

Further investigating their concerns about the Solid-Rocket-Motor joints and the potential failure of O-rings, NASA officials met with outside experts...

Further investigating their concerns about the Solid-Rocket-Motor joints and the potential failure of O-rings, NASA officials met with outside experts...

Jerry Malloy republished Sol White's book, History of Colored Base Ball.  From reviews at the amazon.com web site we learn these important facts:...

More Americans died of Spanish Flu in October, 1918, than in any other month that the virus plagued the world.  This document, from the Otis Arch...

This memo, discussing SRB (Solid Rocket Booster) Critical Items, reports on concerns about O-ring failures.  On the cause of a failure mode, the ...

This 17 December 1982 memo, discussing SRB (Solid Rocket Booster) Critical Items, reports on O-ring failures in a test mode: ...O-ring can withstan...

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