Famous Historical Topics & Events Chapters

Francis Marion ("The Patriot" calls him Benjamin Martin - played by Mel Gibson) and his band of guerillas chase the British out of South Carolina.

The fall of Berlin provokes the end of the war, but there are still troubles ahead for the city.

When King Edward VIII gives up the throne to marry a divorced woman, Albert becomes King George VI.

Prince Albert stammers through his speech closing the 1925 British Empire Exhibition, then agrees to seek help for his speech.

Bill James creates a method to evaluate baseball players by using statistics called "sabermetrics."

Billy Beane, the A's general manager, and Paul DePodesta, an A's scout, discovers a method to pick baseball players using limited funds.

There is mystery around Sacajawea's history. Her name might mean Bird Woman or Boat Launcher depending on how it is spelled. She may have died young, ...

View photographs from the U.S. National Archives of the birth of the World Trade Center.

Bobby meets privatelywiththeSoviet Ambassador to discuss a deal to end the Cuban missile crisis.

Witnesses see a shootout which leaves Wyatt Earp, who is armed, completely uninjured.

Witnesses describe the shootout that left Wyatt Earp the only armed person who remained unscathed.

75 years ago, an atomic bomb, known as "Little Boy," devastates the Japanese city of Hiroshima and its people on August 6, 1945.