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.

Before 1995, no black players are members of the Springboks, South Africa's rugby team.

While the Japanese plan Pearl Harbor, their Washington DC diplomats keep in contact with US officials; rumors of war begin.

Improving its original design, Galileo uses the telescope to view the sky and planets.

Hitler seeks to conceal the sinking of the Gustloff and a second German vessel.

Sacagawea, a Shoshone Indian teenager, works as an interpreter on the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the west.

While traveling with Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea encourages Indian tribes to sell supplies and help the Corps of Discovery.

Explanation of how Sacajawea, a Shoshone, meets Lewis and Clark in a Mandan-Hidatsa village.

Sacajawea helps Lewis and Clark to locate the Shoshone tribe. She discovers the tribal chief is her long-lost brother. He recognizes her and is eager ...

Mary's Catholic supporters plot her escape and takeover of the English throne.

Saladin, a powerful Muslim leader, believes God has called on him to free Palestine.

When Samuel Clemens becomes a professional writer, he adopts a pen name. Samuel Clemens thus becomes Mark Twain.

The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906 destroys most of the city.

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