As a first baseman for the New York Yankees baseball team, Lou Gehrig played in 2,130 consecutive games from 1925 to 1939, setting a major league reco...
This eloquent speech was given on the floor of the House of Representatives by Representative Richard Gephardt of Missouri, the House Democratic leade...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
President Ford announces the pardon on television.On September 8, 1974, one month after President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency amid the Water...
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...
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...