Based on the highly successful This Week in History television series on the History Channel, Today in History offers a day-by-day account of the most significant events in world history, entertainment, industry, technology, and more. Easy-to-use and packed with fascinating details, this book is informative as well as entertaining, and makes the perfect gift any day of the year. Revealing the power and passion of history as an inviting place where people experience it personally and connect their own lives to the great lives and events of the past. The History Channel is the only place Where the Past Comes Alive.
"Explore thousands of amazing events that have shaped our world."--Cover.
American History a Day at a Time seeks to do just that, explore the story behind the headlines. The book covers the colonial period of American history. Humankind has a history stretching back thousands of years.
Others agreed the situation was blarf, because in 1960 opposition leader Lester B. Pearson proclaimed a need “for finding a solution to the flag problem.” The conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker did what many Canadian ...
During this time a huge accumulation of historical events has occurred. This volume deals with dates in March and focuses on the Colonial and Revolutionary period of American History.
During this time a huge accumulation of historical events has occurred. This volume deals with dates in March and focuses on the Colonial and Revolutionary period of American History.
Ever wonder what happened 100 years ago on your birthday? What about on Christmas Day in the year 800? Or Halloween in the distant past? You might be surprised by what you find out. On This Day is a history ebook with a difference.
On which day was history's shortest war waged and won (in roughly 40 minutes)? How was Napoleon bested by a group of rabbits in 1807? Why did a dispute about...
During this time a huge accumulation of historical events has occurred. This volume deals with dates in February and focuses on the Colonial and Revolutionary period of American History.
Photo of a portrait of John Adams painted by C. W. Peale. Congress also passed the Alien and Sedition Acts, which Adams accepted as measures of national security in an emergency situation, after diplomats returned from France with ...
An illustrative day-by-day chronicle of North Carolina history highlights such topics of importance as sensational crimes to top selling records to homegrown businesses.