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.

On March 5, 1770, British Army soldiers kill five civilian men and injure six others in Boston.

General Kimura meets no resistance when the Japanese land in the Philippines; they enter Manila on January 2, 1942.

Read a poem by a 2007 McMullen County Sophomore English Class as a tribute to those killed in the Virginia Tech Massacre.

America captures its first U-boat, the U-505, off the coast of French West Africa.

The English put Joan on trial for witchcraft, sorcery, heresy and for wearing men's clothes; they believe a teenage girl cannot beat them in battle.

During the 1930s circuses thrive, look at old circus posters.

Fires burn for three days after the earthquake, leaving thousands dead and the city in ruins.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first major civil rights law since Reconstruction

It is never easy to break the U-boat codes because the Germans change them frequently.

With Washington as the Commander-in-Chief of their army, the colonists use rebel tactics and traps to hold their ground.

Thousands of Germans flee as the Russian army seeks revenge.

Conspiracy charges against Mary Surratt, David Herold, George Atzerodt and Lewis Payne lead to a death sentence for each of the accused..

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