Famous Historical Topics & Events Chapters

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

Lionel Logue is a speech therapist who successfully treats King George VI's stammer.

Read a poem about the life of Professor Liviu Librescu, an engineering teacher.

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

Lizzie Borden dislikes her stepmother and is accused of murdering her, with a hatchet, in the guest bedroom of the family's home.

Without Lizzie's inquest testimony, evidence against her at trial is circumstantial; although the jury acquits her, the community thinks she is guilty...

After years of deadly battles, it is hard to predict which side will win the war but British leaders in London are confident of victory.

Concentration camp neighbors are forced to view the camps to prove that it happened.

Information and clips about the beginnings of "The City of Angels", Los Angeles.

Margaret steps down from her role as Prime Minister, and her husband Denis later dies of cancer.

Louis XVII, age 10, dies from tuberculosis after 2 years in Temple prison.

Raoul Lufbery ("Luf") is the first ace of the Lafayette Escadrille and honored in America's National Aviation Hall of Fame for his bravery in combat.

Martin Luther, a Catholic monk, disagrees with the practices of the Church and his books are burned.

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