Dynamic Directory - May 17, 2025

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Nana in Peter Pan
Nana in Peter Pan

Nanjing Massacre and the Doctor Who Stayed to Save Lives
Nanjing Massacre and the Doctor Who Stayed to Save Lives

Dr. Robert O. Wilson, born in the Chinese city of Nanking (Nanjing), stays to help victims of a massacre while others flee to save their own lives.

Naoetsu POW Facility - Camp 4
Naoetsu POW Facility - Camp 4

This sketch of Naoetsu Camp 4 - created from memory, after the war was over - is from "A Bridge Across the Pacific Ocean" (a Japanese-language book).

Napalm Bombs Over Japan - The M-69
Napalm Bombs Over Japan - The M-69

B-29s, flying over Japan, dropped napalm-filled cluster bombs known as the M-69.

Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Napoleon Crossing the Alps

On his way to the Battle of Marengo, where Napoleon defeated Austria, the First Counsel of France had to traverse the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass. Jacques Louis David used that event as the basis for a painting.

Napoleon Leaves France for the Last Time
Napoleon Leaves France for the Last Time

Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon is an artistic interpretation of Napoleon, contemplating his fate, as he is exiled to the far-away island of St. Helena.

Narrative of Henry Watson, a Fugitive Slave
Narrative of Henry Watson, a Fugitive Slave

This image depicts From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909.

Narvik Falls to the Germans
Narvik Falls to the Germans

An important Norwegian seaport, whose deep-water harbor is used to transport Swedish-mined iron ore, Narvik was captured by Germany during World War II.

NASA Discovers Why Columbia Exploded
NASA Discovers Why Columbia Exploded

Carefully setting-up a test to determine what may have caused Columbia to explode during the Orbiter's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, NASA discovers the shuttle was damaged by a piece of insulation foam which struck Columbia's left wing during lunch.

NASA Drawing - Atmospheric Distortion Explained
NASA Drawing - Atmospheric Distortion Explained

One of the reasons why the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is so effective is that it peers into space from Low-Earth Orbit.

Nathanael Greene - Portrait and Brief Bio
Nathanael Greene - Portrait and Brief Bio

According to the National Park Service, Nathanael Greene was born in Potowomut, Rhode Island, on July 27, 1742.

Nathan Hale - I Have but One Life to Lose for My Country
Nathan Hale - I Have but One Life to Lose for My Country

We remember Nathan Hale, executed by the British and illustrated by Howard Pyle, for these words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Did he really say them?

National Archives Photo - Does It Depict Amelia Earhart?
National Archives Photo - Does It Depict Amelia Earhart?

Does a photo, maintained at the U.S. National Archives, depict Amelia Earhart after her disappearance on July 2, 1937?

National Treasure: Book of Secrets-0. Story Preface
National Treasure: Book of Secrets-0. Story Preface

Lincoln's actions, and the role he plays in holding his country together, make him one of the most-important figures in history.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets-1. FORD'S THEATRE
National Treasure: Book of Secrets-1. FORD'S THEATRE

John Wilkes Booth, an actor, enters the Ford Theater Presidential box carrying his gun and a knife.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets-2. A SHOCKING DEATH
National Treasure: Book of Secrets-2. A SHOCKING DEATH

A mere six weeks into his second term, Lincoln becomes the first President assassinated.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets-3. DIARY of JOHN WILKES BOOTH
National Treasure: Book of Secrets-3. DIARY of JOHN WILKES BOOTH

Before John Wilkes Booth plans an assassination, he plans a kidnapping of President Lincoln.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets-4. MISSING PAGES of a DIARY
National Treasure: Book of Secrets-4. MISSING PAGES of a DIARY

While John Wilkes Booth remains infamous, 86 pages of his diary remain missing.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets-5. THE STATUE of LIBERTY
National Treasure: Book of Secrets-5. THE STATUE of LIBERTY

On June 19, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrives at Bedloe’s Island (once known as a “pest house”). When she is put together again, the statue stands on a name-change island called Liberty.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets-6. HMS RESOLUTE
National Treasure: Book of Secrets-6. HMS RESOLUTE

HMSResolute, a British Navy ship, becomes trapped in the Arctic ice. The crew abandons the ship but a whaler later finds it.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets-7. OLMEC GLYPHS
National Treasure: Book of Secrets-7. OLMEC GLYPHS

Expertsbelievethe Olmec civilization is thefirst societyin Mesoamerica and that they have awritten formof language.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets-8. MOUNT RUSHMORE
National Treasure: Book of Secrets-8. MOUNT RUSHMORE

Mt Rushmore is dedicated on March 3, 1933. Why would anyone carve the heads of 4 presidents on the side of a mountain?

Native American Trail of Tears - Why and How It Happened
Native American Trail of Tears - Why and How It Happened

The Trail of Tears, which describes a bleak period in U.S. history, occurred after the U.S. federal government forced Native Americans to leave their tribal lands in what had become "Southeastern America." Learn some of its background from two competing sides (the U.S. Federal Government, by way of the National Park Service, and the Cherokee Nation).

Nativity Scene from Bona Sforza's Prayer Book
Nativity Scene from Bona Sforza's Prayer Book

Nauru Attack - Direct Hit on a Phosphate Plant
Nauru Attack - Direct Hit on a Phosphate Plant

Louis Zamperini and his crew mates aboard their B-24, called Super man, attacked Japanese-controlled Nauru on April 21, 1943.

Nauru - Japan's Source of Phosphate during WWII
Nauru - Japan's Source of Phosphate during WWII

For a thousand years, or so, birds flying over the Pacific island of Nauru have left their droppings on the island.

Navajo Hogan - Exterior Covered with Dirt
Navajo Hogan - Exterior Covered with Dirt

This image depicts Philip Johnston visiting members of the Navajo Nation at their hogan.

Nazi Policies - Wearing the Yellow Star
Nazi Policies - Wearing the Yellow Star

In occupied Holland, Dutch churches issued a collective protest against the treatment of the country's Jews.

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