Famous Historical Topics & Events Videos

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

After winning the Derby and the Preakness, could Secretariat become the first racehorse in twenty-five years to win the Triple Crown at Belmont?

New York City was clear and beautiful on the morning of September 11, 2001.

When American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon, even reporters inside the building werent sure what was happening.

As news broadcasts aired the disaster at the World Trade Center's North Tower, another plane - United Flight 175 - struck the South Tower.

Four separate airplanes were hijacked on the morning of September 11, 2001.

Soon after the North Tower was damaged, another group of hijackers smashed a second plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

On the 24th of April, 1916, Ernest Shackleton realized his shipthe Endurancewas so badly stuck in ice that he had to take other measures to protect hi...

Shah Reza Pahlavi was forced to leave his country - ostensibly, on a vacation but actually, never to return - in January of 1979.

In October of 1971, the Shah of Iran sponsored an event which further ruptured the relationship between himself and "his people.

When William T. Sherman, one of the Union's leading generals, led his troops on a mission now known as "Sherman's March to the Sea," his primary objec...

For a successful March to the Sea, General Sherman's plans had to remain secret.

Leaving Savannah, Sherman's troops continued to cover about ten miles a day.

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