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.

Joseph Hooker was known as an arrogant man. Although he was a leading Union General, President Lincoln had to make a decision whether to keep Hooker i...

Was Einstein so brilliant that he could dismiss the unpredictability of quantum mechanics - or - was he simply wrong that everything (including outcom...

When hostilities broke-out between the two Koreas, the United Nations issued a resolution condemning the aggressive action taken by North Korea. Ameri...

Joe Rosenthal took the original photo depicted in this flag-raising event on Iwo Jimas Mt Suribachi.

The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command contracted with the owners of Blue Marlin, a heavy lift ship, to transport the American guided-missile destro...

In this image we see the USS Hornet (CV-8) soon after she was commissioned. She had a special relationship with the Doolittle Raiders.

The USS Hornet (CV-8) had a special cargo aboard during April of 1942. No one knew for sure if that special cargo - a group of airplanes - could actua...

After delivering parts of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, the USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sinks in July of 1945. Years later, a 12-year-old school bo...

On the 26th of October, 1942, the USS Juneau (CL-52) was involved in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands.

About two months after the USS Maine exploded, in Havana's harbor, the U.S. declared war on Spain. All but one member of the Maine's championship-winn...

On December 12, 1937 Japanese forces in China attacked and sank this American gunship - the USS Panay (PR 5) - while it was anchored in the Yangtze Ri...

The V-2 was developed by Hitler's team of rocket scientists, built by slave laborers and first used in September of 1944. The damage they caused, both...

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