Dynamic Directory - May 2, 2024

Captain Cecil W. Stoughton took a series of 21 photographs during President Johnson's swearing-in on October 22, 1963.

Jackie Kennedy looked radiant on the morning of November 22, 1963.

Pee Wee Reese changed the way black baseball players were viewed by fans by befriending Jackie Robinson.

Before baseball, Jackie Robinson was a standout basketball player.

Before baseball, Jackie Robinson was a standout basketball player. At UCLA, Jackie Robinson was also an incredible football player.

At Pasadena Junior College, Jackie Robinson is able to help his team win a baseball game and a track meet on the same day.

A symbol for the civil rights movement, Jackie Robinson voiced his opinion to the White House.

Jackie Robinson's ability to positively influence the men in his unit so impressed his superior officer that he is designated the "morale officer" of the acclaimed 761st tank batallion.

Lt. Col. Paul Bates, commanding officer of the 761st Tank Battalion, was impressed with Lt. Jack Robinson's influence over the men in his unit, so he made him morale officer.

As police officers were transferring Oswald to another jail, Jack Ruby (a local Dallas businessman) was among the watching crowd. This image depicts Ruby, with his gun, just before he fatally shot Oswald.

Jack Swigert, seen here at breakfast on launch-day morning - the 11th of April, 1970 - had replaced Ken Mattingly as Command Module Pilot three days before the scheduled lift-off of Apollo 13.

Five still-unsolved, horrific murders of London women (usually prostitutes) occur in 1888.

One theory, about the Whitechapel-area muders, suggests that Prince Albert Victor is Jack the Ripper.

Whitechapel, where the "Ripper murders" occur, is a very poor part of 19th-century London.

Attacks attributed to the Ripper typically involve female prostitutes who live and work in the Whitechapel-area slums of London.

Mary Ann Nichols, the Ripper's first victim, has her throat slit and abdomen cut open.

As Jack the Ripper's second victim, Annie Chapman's murder is similar to Nichol's.

One theory suggests that Sir William Gull, Queen Victoria's physician, is Jack the Ripper.

Mary Kelly supposedly tries to blackmail the royal family with her information about Prince Eddy's illegitimate child.

Someone interrupts Jack the Ripper while he is killing his third victim, Liz Stride.

Kate Eddowes is Jack the Ripper's fourth victim. Her body was found at Mitre Square.

Kate Eddowes may be killed because she uses the alias "Mary Kelly."

Twenty-five-year-old Mary Kelly is Jack the Ripper's final victim.

Inspector Fred Abberline is the lead detective on the Jack-the-Ripper cases.

Many people believe that the police cover-up the identity of the Ripper because he is someone of importance in London.

Because Jacob Marley cared little for his fellow man during his lifetime, his Ghost carries a long, heavy, ponderous chain.

This story profiles the life of Jacobo Timerman, an Argentine journalist who risked everything to report on the atrocities committed in Argentina in the 20th century.

This chapter details the early life of Jacobo Timerman.

This chapter details how Jacaobo first found his voice

Jacobo was both directly and indirectly affected by the war.

This chapter details the chosen occupation of Jacobo Timerman.

This chapter describes the climate of the country under dictatorship.

This chapter describes the dark part of Argentina's history known as the Dirty War

This chapter describes Jacobo Timerman's arrest and imprisonment

This chapter details Jacobo's life after his deportation.

Jacques d'Arc (sometimes written as Jacquot d'Arc) was Joan of Arc's father.

Jacques Necker (1732 - 1804) was trusted by the French people and, for a time, served as Louis XVI's Minister of Finance.

I chose this story because I some of the best memories my childhood in Jamaica. Growing up on a farm and then migrating to the city.

James Benjamin Parker saw Leon Czolgosz approach President McKinley with a handkerchief in his hand. He then sprang into action.

The story of how three young men fighting for civil rights in America and reminding us how brutal the battle for freedom really was.

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James Figg (1684-1734) is credited with reviving the ancient sport of boxing in Britain (where he is known as the “Father of British Boxing”).