Famous Historical Topics & Events Documents

The Queensberry Rules 1. To be a fair stand-up boxing match in a twenty-four foot ring or as near that size as practicable.2. No wrestling or hugging...

A richly illustrated article, about HMS Resolute, was published in the December 27, 1856 issue of The Illustrated London News. When the ship arrived ...

This document, from the National Archives, is the draft of President Reagan's famous speech which he delivered in Berlin.  Included here is the p...

This document, from the National Archives, is the draft of President Reagan's famous speech which he delivered in Berlin.  Included here is the p...

This image, of Galileo's recantation, depicts the ending section.  The document, which he actually signed, eliminated two points which the Cardin...

In his book Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers, Jean Claude Pressac (originally a Holocaust denier until he reviewed documentary e...

This once-top-secret document, dated 2 October 1963, is the first page of a report which is part of the "Pentagon Papers." Robert McNamara and Maxwell...

The following is the Opinion of the Naval Court of Inquiry which examined whether Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and General Walter C. Short were in d...

Image from the British Law Courts Report by Lord Mersey. Click on the image for a better view.

Image of a report called Affidavit of Surgeon reporting on 1st Cabin survivors picked up by the Carpathia. Click on the image for a better view.

Wyatt Earp resigned his position as Sheriff of Pima County (Arizona Territory) on the 9th of November, 1880.  The original document had been stor...

Richard Henry Lee's Resolution, declaring that the American Colonies were no longer subject to British control, is one of America's most-treasured doc...