He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held the highest office, Harry Truman was the least prepared, but would prove to be a surprise.
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of buildi...
Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who help...
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act...
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Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made their way up to the iso...
The Triangle Fire chronicles the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City kill...
As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...
As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...
An account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.
In 1988, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presi...
Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journ...
Legendary Apache warrior Geronimo was loved by his people for his fierce courage while pioneers fear...
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at...
Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of ...
Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living...
November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a d...
In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, th...
In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “...
On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signali...
One of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s, Fats Domino and his record sales were ri...