Category: History Knowledge

On July 10, 1940, the Germans began the first of a long series of bombings against Britain, when the Battle of Britain began, which would

Almost 150 years before the advent of texts, tweets and emails, President Abraham Lincoln became the first “wired president” by adopting the original electronic messaging

Alexander Hamilton abhorred slavery and at a few points in his life worked to help limit it. But the Founding Father’s relationship to the practice

The influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919 was a deeply traumatic event. It has killed some 50 million people and infected up to a third

Christophe Colomb a longtemps été exalté comme une figure héroïque de l’histoire américaine: le premier explorateur à établir une présence européenne dans le Nouveau Monde.

During the Great Depression, thousands of the unemployed picked up saws and axes and went into the woods to serve in the Civilian Conservation Corps,

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and

On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s last attempt to break the Union line ended in disastrous failure,

One of the greatest military conflicts in the history of North America began on July 1, 1863, when Union and Confederate forces collided in Gettysburg,