Famous Historical Topics & Events Documents

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

Benjamin Franklin, one of America's "Founding Fathers," is thinking about electricity (and electrical experiments) in 1750.

"BODYGUARD" was the name of an Allied plan of deception, created to fool Germany about the Allies' invasion plans for 1944.Dated the 3rd of February, ...

Boxcover image of Bonhoeffer - Agent of Grace.

When soldiers captured John Wilkes Booth, they found his diary.  At some point, the diary was turned over to the FBI where certain pages were dig...

This image depicts a Central Intelligence Agency Information Report dated October 14, 1963.  It has this subject: Situation Appraisal as of 12...

As part of their report on a mission to South Vietnam, McNamara and Taylor recommended to President Kennedy that a training program be established so ...

Case study detailing American life during the great depression. Click on the image for a better view.

Excerpt from a catalog advertising goods used in the slave trade.

Bookcover image of Chancellorsville, by Stephen W. Sears. Amazon provides an overview of this acclaimed book: Sears describes the series of cont...

Bookcover image of Chancellorsville, Second Edition, by Edward J. Stackpole.

Image of the letter Charles Guiteau sent to General Sherman.   

The "Roaring Twenties" was a decade of the 20th century - the 1920s - which followed the end of World War One.  It was marked by opposing activit...

Show tooltips