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    Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.
    5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections
    Meeting of leaders in W.W.I, General Hindenburg, Kaiser William II, General Ludendorff examine maps during World War I in Germany.
    Military Commanders of World War I
    German machine gunners occupy a trench during World War I.
    Weapons of World War I
    French infantry coming into position at the Marne during World War I, 1914-18.
    Battles of World War I
    American troops at the front in Italy. American soldiers on the Piave (river) front hurling a shower of hand grenades into the Austrian trenches, Varage, Italy; September 16, 1918. (World War I)
    Leaders of World War I
    Iroquois Native American
    The 6 Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy
    The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.
    25 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History
    Clouds of smoke rise from fires at the World Trade Center Towers as a result of terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Photographed 9:54 am in Lower Manhattan.
    Timeline of the September 11 Attacks
    Fidel Castro addressing the General Assembly, United Nations, New York, October 14, 1979.
    6 Interesting Facts About Fidel Castro
    Sale of English goods in Canton, 1858. Canton was bombarded by French and English, Jan. 1858. which resulted in Trade opening up again. The Treaty of peace and free trade signed at the end of June (Lord Elgin for Britain) ending the Second Opium War. Trea
    Timeline of the Second Opium War (Arrow War)
    Chinese Opium den, 19th Century
    Timeline of the First Opium War
    The statue of Constantine the first Christian Roman emperor. Located in York, England, UK, outside York Minster.
    Major Events in the Life of Constantine I
    Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).
    9 Things You Might Not Know About Adolf Hitler
    Spanish Civil War (1936- 1939), Loyalist machine gunners, 1937.
    Timeline of the Spanish Civil War
    The Black Panther Party gathers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with a banner during the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, June 19, 1970.
    Black Panther Party: 7 Notable Figures
    Workers pressure cleaning rocks coated in oil from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, March 1990. In the intertidal zone, Prince William Sound, Alaska. pollution disaster
    9 of the Biggest Oil Spills in History
    Tisha be-Av (English Ninth of Av). The expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I of Spain being petitioned for mercy. A prelate holds a cross in front of them in warning. Jewish, Spanish Inquisition
    Timeline of the Spanish Inquisition
    British grenadiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill, painting by Edward Percy Moran, 1909.
    Timeline of the American Revolution
    Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson
    Vietnam War Timeline
    Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.
    9 American Political Scandals
    Red Army (Soviet) soldiers in the Russian Revolution.
    Russian Revolution Timeline
    United States Presidential Election of 2012. Mitt Romney. Official portrait of President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, Dec. 6, 2012 after his reelection Nov. 6, 2012. Official portrait Obama
    10 Democrats Who Made History
    Korean War - U.S. Marines watch explosions of bombs dropped by Marine Vought F4U Corsair fighter bomber planes during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Korea, in December 1950. soldiers
    Korean War Timeline
    Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
    6 Important Mughal Emperors
    General Pershing's troops moving into Mexico in 1917 during World War I.
    Timeline of World War I
    African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
    Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
    Persian Gulf War - Operation Desert Storm U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat flying over burning oil wells set on fire by Iraqi forces in Kuwait, February 1991. Fighter airplane
    Persian Gulf War Timeline
    Illustration of a Viking ship. Longship. medieval middle ages Scandinavian
    5 Fast Facts About Vikings
    Photo shows captured German soldiers, their uniforms tattered from the battle, making their way in the bitter cold through the ruins of Stalingrad, January 1943. World War II Battle of Stalingrad Russia
    Timeline of the Battle of Stalingrad
    Nelson Mandela, undated.
    Nelson Mandela Quotes
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart rehearsing his 12th Mass with singer and musician. (Austrian composer. (Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
    7 Famous Child Prodigies
    Feed corn ready for harvest after drying in the field, Kings Hill County, Virginia. Agriculture food grain cereal corncob
    18 Food Crops Developed in the Americas
    Solar eclipse of the sun.
    The Sun Was Eaten: 6 Ways Cultures Have Explained Eclipses
    tornado, digitally altered image. (storm; wind; clouds; natural disaster)
    The Great Molasses Flood and 6 Other Strange Disasters
    Great Wall of China. (UNESCO World Heritage site)
    5 Famous Border Walls
    Confidential files
    6 Oddly Named U.S. Government Operations
    The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. (Civil War, Pennsylvania)
    9 Worst Generals in History
    Close up of papyrus in a museum.
    Before the E-Reader: 7 Ways Our Ancestors Took Their Reading on the Go
    Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army
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    Alexander Hamilton New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), major author of the Federalist papers (The Federalist). Print: mezzotint, color 1930-40. Copyright by Frost & Reed, Ltd
    10 Things You Need to Know About the Hamilton-Burr Duel, According to Hamilton’s Burr
    B-52G with cruise missiles, USAF, short range attack missiles SRAMs; guided missile
    11 of the World’s Most Famous Warplanes
    A mug shot taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellin
    Pablo Escobar: 8 Interesting Facts About the King of Cocaine
    Olduvai Gorge or Olduwai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa (eastern Serengeti Plain) Where fossil remains of more than 60 hominins provides the most continuous known record of human evolution. Mary Leakey and Louis Leakey made discoveries here. Archaeology
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    Frances Perkins.
    7 Female Firsts in U.S. Politics
    Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.
    6 Wars of Independence
    Joan of Arc, in the presence of Charles VII, King of France, answers the questions of the prelates; she anounces her mission and the visions which have revealed her task. Gillot Saint-Evre, Oil on Canvas, 142 x 167 cm. In the Louvre, Paris, France (notes)
    6 Teenagers Who Made History
    Aerial view of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Mobile, Ala., May 6, 2010. Photo by U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft. BP spill
    5 Modern Corporate Criminals
    President Kennedy address on Test Ban Treaty, White House, Oval Office, July 26, 1963. President John F. Kennedy, President Kennedy
    11 Memorable Quotes from U.S. Presidential Debates
    Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece
    Secret Service Code Names of 10 U.S. Presidents
    The Great Depression Unemployed men queued outside a soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone The storefront sign reads 'Free Soup
    5 of the World’s Most Devastating Financial Crises
    Engraving of Solomon Northup, c. 1853. (Twelve Years a Slave, 12 Years a Slave, slavery, African-American, Black History)
    9 Mysterious Disappearances of People Other Than Amelia Earhart
    Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, illustration after a painting by J. Mund.
    8 Famous Duels and 1 Almost Duel
    "Landing of Columbus" by John Vanderlyn, oil on canvas; commissioned 1836/1837, placed 1847. In the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. 12' x 18' ft. (3.66 m. x 5.49 m.) Christopher Columbus and members of his crew are shown on a beach
    5 Unbelievable Facts About Christopher Columbus
    Commemorative medal of Nobel Prize winner, Johannes Diderik Van Der Waals
    7 Nobel Prize Scandals
    A soldier standing guard in a Washington, D.C. street with the ruins of buildings that were destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 8, 1968.
    There’s a Riot Goin’ On: Riots in U.S. History (Part Two)
    Paul Revere. "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.," engraved by Paul Revere. Boston Massacre.
    There’s a Riot Goin’ On: Riots in U.S. History (Part One)
    Duck Soup (1933) Lobby card of the Marx Brothers L to R Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx and Groucho Marx in the comedy film directed by Leo McCarey. movie
    All in the Family: 8 Famous Sets of Siblings
    Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
    7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
    Eskimo. Three members of a Noatak family pose for a portrait in full regalia. Photo by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), c.1929. Eskimos or esquimaux indigenous peoples, traditionally inhabited circumpolar region (see notes)
    10 Fascinating Facts About the First Americans
    Portrait of American President Gerald Ford dressed in a blue, pin-striped suit as he stands with his arms crossed, taken during his first month in office, August 1974. First official portrait of President Gerald R. Ford.
    5 Wacky Facts about the Births and Deaths of U.S. Presidents
    Pirate lass and her booty. A suspicious costumed 17th century styled female pirate guards a treasure chest. Trunk full of stolen jewels and gold coins. tricornered hat steal greed
    Swashbuckling Sisters: 6 Lady Pirates
    Undated photograph of American temperance reformer Carry Nation.
    5 Famous Battle-Axes
    Capital Execution at the Place de la Revolution between August 1793 and June 1794, oil on canvas by Pierre Antoine De Machy (Demachy), Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France. 37 x 53.5 cm. (Reign of Terror, hanging, guillotine execution, French Revolution)
    The 12 Months of the French Republican Calendar
    Gerald R. Ford playing golf during a working vacation on Mackinac Island in Michigan, July 13, 1975. Gerald Ford.
    9 U.S. Presidents with the Most Vetoes
    Battle of Modder River in Second Boer War, South Africa.
    5 Fascinating Battles of the African Colonial Era
    The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865; from a lithograph by Currier and Ives.
    9 Infamous Assassins and the World Leaders They Dispatched
    airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)
    7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances
    Participants, some carry American flags, march in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. in 1965. The Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama., civil rights march, 1965. Voter registration drive, Voting Rights Act
    Riding Freedom: 10 Milestones in U.S. Civil Rights History
    Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg
    Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game
    Ronald Reagan and "General Electric Theater," 1954-62.
    From Box Office to Ballot Box: 10 Celebrity Politicians
    Black and white photo of people in courtroom, hands raised, pledging
    Order in the Court: 10 “Trials of the Century”
    Official photo of Al Gore, Albert Gore, Jr. 45th Vice President of the United States of America 1993 to 2001, Democrat. Bill Clinton was President. Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. Photo dated Jan 1, 1994.
    When Losers Finish First: Top 10 Second Place “Victories”
    Clouds of smoke billow up from controlled burns taking place in the Gulf of Mexico May 19, 2010. The controlled burns were set to reduce the amount of oil in the water following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP spill
    The Perils of Industry: 10 Notable Accidents and Catastrophes
    Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.
    7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around
    bustle. llustration of 19th century style dress with bustle or tournure (L) under crinoline, and wood bustle (R) showing framework. Victorian fashion, feminine clothing skirt
    10 Articles of Clothing That Deserve a Comeback
    Charles II (1630-85), king of Great Britain and Ireland (1660-85), entering London on May 29, 1660 after the restoration of the monarchy; undated hand-colored print .
    7 Monarchs with Unfortunate Nicknames
    earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
    The Six Deadliest Earthquakes since 1950
    Joan of Arc at the Coronation of King Charles VII at Reims Cathedral, July 1429 by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Oil on canvas, 240 x 178 cm, 1854. In the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
    7 Women Warriors
    Alexander and Porus, c1673. Detail showing Alexander the Great. Charles Le Brun (1619-1690/French), H 4,70 m; L 12,64 m., INV. 2897 Oil on Canvas. In the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
    11 Handsome Historical Figures

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