Famous Historical Topics & Events Story Briefs

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

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb on August 29, 1949.

It was during the Nuremberg Trials when the world first realized the shocking extent of atrocities committed at concentration camps, in Europe, during...

This photograph depicts two Jewish women, in Paris, wearing the yellow Star of David.

This U.S. military painting depicts the first American troops arriving at Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Between October 22 and November 29, 1951, the United States government conducted nuclear-weapon tests at the Nevada Proving Ground (later called the N...

On witnessing the first test of the atomic bomb, which he had helped to develop during his work with the Manhattan Project, Dr.

Painted Bunting

"A New India" was born in August of 1947 split into two along religious lines.

This photograph captures an early moment in the Liberation of Paris.

George Parkman had problems with his teeth.

This travel pass - signed by Benedict Arnold on September 21st, 1780 - authorized Joshua Smith to carry private letters.

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