American History

Land of the free, home of the brave, America gained its independence from Britain in 1776. Since then the former British colony has dominated the world with her economic and cultural might. Header Image: Shutterstock.com

An illustration of Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time

Historic sign signalling the former home of Medgar Evers

Beckwith convicted of killing Medgar Evers

A monument to the people who died defending the Alamo

Alamo defenders call for help

The Hollywood sign

Congress investigates communism in Hollywood

View of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Manhattan Side, New York City

Brooklyn Bridge opens

Bill Clinton in front of red and white stripes

House of Representatives approves impeachment proceedings against President Clinton

A massive wagon train moves through America's so-called Wild West

Great Emigration departs for Oregon

Gold rush miners with gold in a pan

Gold is discovered in the Yukon

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Masset in 2010

First televised Major League Baseball game is broadcast

Former US Embassy in Tehran

End of Iran hostage crisis

Protesters hold up an effigy of Enron's Kenneth Lay

Enron files for bankruptcy

Empire State Building in the New York skyline

Empire State Building is officially dedicated

A large dust storm

Dust storm sweeps across eastern states

Painting of Lewis and Clark with Sacajawea and her husband

Lewis and Clark depart on their expedition

John Dillinger in a police patrol vehicle after being shot by the FBI

John Dillinger is gunned down by the FBI

Correction Department City of New York bus

Inmates riot in Attica Prison, New York

Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens erupts

Manifesto of the Unabomber published

Malcolm X Street sign in Lansing Michigan

Malcolm X assassinated

Grover Cleveland watches President William McKinley delivering his inaugural address

President McKinley dies of his wounds eight days after he is shot

Star Spangled Banner handwritten on star and stripes flag background

Poet writes the Star-Spangled Banner

Second lock of the Panama Canal

Panama Canal handed over to Panama

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Orson Welles causes panic with his ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast

General George Washington from the Surrender of Cornwallis

The American Revolution officially ends with the Treaty of Paris

Destroyed hotel in Beirut, Lebanon

Terry Anderson freed in Lebanon

Oil pump jack

Texans Strike Oil

Gavel on the USA flag

Teflon Don is sentenced to life imprisonment

Thirty-foot tall bronze sculpture of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein is captured