Dynamic Directory - April 26, 2024

Although Etruscans lived in Italy, for many years, people in today's world know very little about them.

During the first part of 1941, Yoshikawa had arrived in Hawaii. Tasked with helping pilots (who had never been to Pearl Harbor) find their individual targets, Yoshikawa created very detailed information and charts.

This image depicts the tally of electoral votes for the election of 1800 where Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received 73 votes. As a result of this development, the House of Representatives had to decide who would become President and who would become Vice-President.

European Landing Sites for Shuttle Flights - What happens if the shuttle crew detects a problem, after launch, while the orbiter is over the Atlantic?

The battle at Stony Point, which took place in July of 1779, was (according to the National Park Service) "the last military action of importance in the northern theater of war.''

When the U.S. was finally able to send a teacher into space, successfully, more than 20 years had passed since Christa McAuliffe's tragic death aboard Challenger.

Vincent Van Gogh found beauty in life. Through his paintings, he hoped to share this idea with others.

This image depicts some of the tea which was thrown into Boston Harbor on the 16th of December, 1773, during an event known as "The Boston Tea Party.

Poem by Carole Bos

Rick Smiths unit had a motto on the 30th of October, 1991:These things we do, that others may live.

A Brooklyn penny-candy-store owner (named Morris Michtom) was so intrigued by a 1902 political cartoon (featuring Theodore Roosevelt with a bear cub) that he asked his wife (Rose) to make a stuffed bear cub (resembling the one in the drawing).

Theodore Roosevelt, visiting son Kermit, along with Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon, took a harrowing trip down the Rio da Duvida ("River of Doubt"), whose name was changed to Rio Roosevelt in his honor.

Ted Kennedy gave the eulogy for his brother, Bobby, at the St.

Not all Holocaust stories are about Jewish people. This story compares and contrasts the hero and heroine of two books - "Shadow on the Mountain" and "Someone Named Eva" - who are Norwegian and Czech, respectively.

The Temple of Artemis (Diana), at Ephesus, went through many different versions. One of the last versions became a Wonder of the Ancient World.

On 27 March 1977, the world's worst aircraft disaster occurs on the ground at Tenerife. After striking a Pan Am 747, a KLM 747 explodes in a ball of fire, killing everyone on board and many people on board the other plane.

A series of unfortunate incidents cause the most deadly plane crash in history.

Traffic and bad weather prevent Pan Am 1736 from leaving the Tenerife airport.

Pan Am 1736 and KLM 4805 head for disaster.

KLM 4805 requests and starts the take-off process without clearance.

KLM 4805 taxies down the runway directly toward Pan Am 1736, unaware of the risk the bad weather causes.

The KLM captain attempts to avoid the collision, but slams into the side of the Pan Am jet.

In March of 1977, the world's worst aircraft disaster occurs at Tenerife. After striking a Pan Am 747, a KLM 747 explodes in a ball of fire, killing everyone on board and many people on board the other plane.

Three decades after the world's deadliest aircraft accident, Robert Bragg (Pan Am's First Officer) recalls what happened when he first realized that a collision was about to occur between the two Boeing 747s

Visibility is still poor. The Pan Am crew cannot see the KLM plane, which means the KLM crew cannot see the Pan Am plane. A catastrophic disaster is about to happen.

For the 19th Amendment to become law - and give American women the right to vote - it needed the support of 36 states.