Hindenburg Disaster: Arriving for its first trip
of the 1937 season, the air ship exploded as it was landing in New
Jersey
Hiroshima: The U.S. dropped the world’s first atomic
bomb, used in war, on this Japanese city
Hoovervilles: During the Great Depression, shanty towns
were home to desperate Americans
Hubble Telescope - Pictures from space: America’s space
observatory orbits the Earth once every ninety-seven minutes
Hutchinson, Anne: Accused of having inappropriate
theological positions, Anne Hutchinson was tried in the General Court of
Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1637
Jackson, Thomas J. (“Stonewall”): The death of Jackson,
a leading Confederate general, was a major blow to the South
James Gang: The story of Frank and Jesse James, set
against the backdrop of America’s civil war
Japanese-American Internment: Early in the second world
war, American citizens of Japanese descent were sent to internment camps
Jefferson, President Thomas: Once known as the “silent
member” of Congress, he authored America’s Declaration of Independence
Jim Crow Laws: The story of America’s legal segregation
Kansas - Massacre in Lawrence: To “punish” Kansas for
joining the Union as a free state, raiders sacked Lawrence and killed many
residents
Kansas-Nebraska Act: Decision on free versus slave
states, it repealed the Missouri Compromise
Kennedy, John F. - Assassination: The story of JFK’s
assassination
Kennedy, President John F. - In Berlin: Speaking at the
Berlin Wall, JFK declares “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner)
Kennedy,
Robert F. - Assassination: The story of Bobby Kennedy’s
assassination
Korean War: Fighting to a stalemate on the Korean
Peninsula
Korematsu v United States: The U.S. Supreme
Court case which condoned relocating Japanese-Americans to internment
camps
Lafayette
Escadrille: Before the U.S. joined World War I, young American
pilots flew for France
Letters from Brutus: Essays urging New York
voters to reject the proposed American constitution
Lewis & Clark: Leaders of the Corps of Discovery,
one of America’s most famous expeditions
Lincoln, President Abraham: The story of the
President’s assassination
Louisiana Purchase: President Jefferson makes a deal
with Napoleon Bonaparte
McKinley, President William: The story of the
President’s assassination
Major League Baseball: Its early days
Marbury v Madison: Legendary Supreme Court case
which created the power of judicial review for America’s high court
Marshall, Chief Justice John: One of America’s most
famous jurists
Missouri Compromise: An 1820 decision to admit Missouri
as an American slave state
Missouri - Life During Civil War: A “slave” state which
remained with the Union, Missouri was the scene of violence during the
war
Mount Rushmore: The story of carving presidential faces
on the side of a South Dakota mountain
Murder at Harvard: The sensational case against John
Webster, a Harvard professor
Murder at the Fair: Scholars believe that the
6th of September, 1901, was one of the days on which America dramatically
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