Amelia Earhart Flies Across the Atlantic Ocean On May 20, 1932. Amelia Earhart lands […]
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Picture of the Day: May 21
Lindbergh Flies the Atlantic Alone Minnesota native Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget […]
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Picture of the Day: May 19
Oscar Wilde Playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 […]
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Picture of the Day: October 12
Selfless British nurse Edith Cavell was shot as a spy by a German firing […]
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Picture of the Day: October 11
On July 5, 1950, Private Robert L. Witzig fires his 2.34-inch bazooka at a […]
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Picture of the Day: October 10
Weapons designers and engineers created a host of experimental weapons as they sought to […]
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A Photograph Creates a Moral Boosting Icon
A photographer creates Rosie the Riveter Photographer Alfred Palmer captures women workers installing fixtures […]
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Picture of the Day: October 9
A blanket draped over his shoulders, Thomas O?Brien of Middleboro, Mass., huddles in the […]
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General Barlow and General Gordon Meet on Blocher’s Knoll
On July 1, 1863, two generals, one badly wounded, allegedly met. The veracity of that encounter, now part of Civil War lore, has long been debated.
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Breaching the Dam, by Nicholas Trudigan
The Dambusters Raid ‘Skipping bombs’ were used for the first and only time on […]