When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
Britain imposed "Penal Laws" on Irish Catholics in 1704. This image highlights some of the more onerous laws which adversely impacted Irish-Cath...
Image of the German ship Steuben, which was torpedoed and sunk by the Russian submarine S-13 on February 9, 1945.
Image of Thomas Jefferson's letter to Benjamin Banneker, dated August 30, 1791. Here is the transcription of this letter: To Mr. BENJAMIN BANNEKER...
Image of a newspaper notice, by the German Imperial Embassy, warning of potential attacks on ships near the British Isles. This warning was date...
After the loss of her husband, William Logan Gwinn - an American postal worker who died when Titanic sank - Florence Gwinn received a death-be...
On the 1st of April, 1912, Oscar Scott Woody - an American Postal clerk - received travel orders to work in the "sea post office" aboard a Ger...
In the NOVA documentary, The Deadliest Plane Crash, First Officer Robert Bragg (who, along with the pilot and flight engineer survived the disaster) t...
This is the transcript from the Pan Am cockpit's voice recorder. It ends with a scream from Captain van Zanten. 1701:57.0PanAm Radio(c/p) Ten...
In 1848, following the Mexican-American War, Santa Anna signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The agreement between the two countries gave th...
President Truman wrote this note on the back of a photograph depicting him with Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference. The President was mistaken, ...
This map depicts the location of Tuscumbia, Alabama - the town in which Helen Keller was born.
Image of a photograph depicting the University of Wrocław (main building).
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