Dynamic Directory - December 24, 2024
Revised Stories in the past 30 days
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 | Why the Dead Sea Is Unique As shown in this map, the western shore of the Dead Sea is located in Israel while the eastern shore is in Jordan. |
 | Waxhaws - Gabriel Martin Injured In this disastrous battle, from the patriots perspective, a tired and outnumbered British force (led by Banastre Tarleton) routed the Americans (led by Abraham Buford) near the border of North and South Carolina. |
 | United Colonies - Three Dollar Bill After the Declaration of Independence was signed, the Continental Congress authorized a new form of currency to be used throughout the United Colonies. |
 | Washington's Defeats of 1776 After Patriots forced General Howe and his fleet out of Boston, the Brits sailed into New York Harbor in June of 1776. |
 | Danzig in the War |
 | Lord Hugh Percy and the Smithsonian Born Hugh Smithson, Lord Percy was the 2nd Duke of Northumberland and a Member of Parliament. His half-brother willed funds to America which the government used to found the Smithsonian. |
 | Charles Dickens - Animated Story of His Life How did Charles Dickens, who released his famous Christmas story on 13 December 1843, become such a famous writer? |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes Oliver Wendell Holmes is known for some of his free-speech decisions which he wrote while serving as a Supreme Court Justice. |
| Fermat's Last Theorem - Professor Andrew Wiles Professor Wiles has won the Abel Prize for solving Fermat's Last Theorem. How long did it take to solve it? How did he do it? |
 | German U-Boat under Attack Learn the story behind one of the most-famous photos of the U-boat War: The attack of U-569. |
 | Towing U-110 to Iceland As Alan Turing and his Bletchly Park colleagues worked feverishly to break the Enigma code, they caught a break when the Royal Navy captured U-110 on May 9, 1941. Onboard was a working Enigma machine and secret codes for the following month. Initially towing the disabled U-boat to Iceland, the crew with the secret treasure was redirected to Scotland. |
 | Bobby Jones Envisions Augusta National Golf Club |
| Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail - Morse Code On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse successfully tests an electrical telegraph. So why did it take years longer to send the first message? |
 | Pius X Opposed WWI - Buried at St. Peter's Basilica Before he became a pope, Giuseppe Sarto had a great deal of experience living among his parishoners. As Pope Pius X, he strongly opposed the outbreak of WWI. |
 | The Last Day of Abraham Lincoln - by Henry Riggs Rathbone Major Henry Reed Rathbone and his fiancé, Clara Harris, attended a play with Abraham and Mary Lincoln on the night the President was shot. Booth lunged at Rathbone with a knife, injuring but not killing him. Learn how the assassination claimed more victims, years later, when Rathbone himself lost his mind. |
 | Codex Vaticanus |
 | Japanese and Australian Soldiers at the Kokoda Trail |
 | Alaska Purchase and the Klondike Gold Rush On August 16, 1896 prospectors find gold in Alaska. The Trump fortune got its start as a result. |
| Battle of the Bulge - Ardennes Offensive - Bastogne December-January of 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the Ardennes Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Bulge. Hitler meant the major German offensive to turn the tide of war against the Allies. Instead, despite Germany's initial gains, the opposite happened. |
 | Ansel Adams Ansel Adams, one of America's greatest photographers, started his professional life as a pianist. What made him decide to switch profressions? |
