Edouard Daladier, Premier of France, delivered this radio address to the people of France on January 29, 1940, after the Nazis had conquered Poland an...
Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) was the best known and most influential African American leader of the 1800s. He was born a slave in Maryland but manag...
Edward VIII (1894-1972) became King of England after the death of his father, George V, on January 20, 1936. Nearly 42-years-old and a bachelor, Edwar...
Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as the 38th U.S. President.On August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announced his decision to resign the presidency ef...
President Ford announces the pardon on television.On September 8, 1974, one month after President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency amid the Water...
This speech was given by President Ford amid the international turmoil surrounding the end of the Vietnam War in April 1975. On the very day the Presi...
Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) was born into a wealthy family at Assisi, Italy, the son of a cloth merchant. Francis received little formal educa...
This is an excerpt of the sermon by Catholic Cardinal Clemens von Galen, delivered on Sunday, August 3, 1941, in Münster Cathedral, in which he r...
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was an Italian patriot and military leader who helped free the Italians from foreign rule and unify the country. He was...
John Brown of Kansas was a militant abolitionist who attempted to use force to free the slaves in the South. On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown a...