Category: History Knowledge

On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank in a few minutes in shark-infested waters. Only 316 of

Choosing a vice president can be risky. While the presidential candidate is the primary focus of an election, there is a chance that a popular

The United States Congress passed legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space, on

In early August 1945, warfare changed forever when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, devastating the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and

On August 1, 1943, 177 B-24 bombers took off from an Allied base in Libya, bound for the oil town of Ploiești, Romania, nicknamed “Hitler’s

On February 1, 1960, four black college freshmen, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond, sat at Woolworth’s “White Only” lunch counter

On July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee recommended that the 37th US President, Richard M. Nixon, be dismissed and removed from office. The impeachment

On March 13, 1990, more than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the United States Capitol to demand that Congress pass the Americans

On July 24, 1776, Congress President John Hancock scolds General Philip Schuyler. In a letter, Hancock accuses the officer of tolerating discord between soldiers from