World History

This Day In History

Nov. 25 – In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese…
Nov. 26 – In 1942, President Roosevelt ordered…
Nov. 27 – In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who’d resigned.
Nov. 28 – In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II…
Nov. 18 – In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
Nov. 19 – In 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
Nov. 20 – In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany….
Nov. 21 – n 1995, the presidents of three rival Balkan states agreed to make peace in Bosnia, ending nearly four years of terror and ethnic bloodletting that have left a quarter of a million people dead in the worst war in Europe since World War II…
Nov. 22 – In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas…
Nov. 24 – In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded…

World War II & Korean War

African Americans in World War 2

December 13, 2011

African Americans in World War II Documentary on the role and experiences of African American…

Read more
Airforce World War II Basic Training

December 13, 2011

Air Force World War II talking about Basic Training from PureHistory on Vimeo.

Read more
Army Vietnam Talking About Her Experience

December 13, 2011

Army Vietnam Talking About Her Experience from PureHistory on Vimeo.

Read more
African-American Women & Men of World War II

December 01, 2011

American women have participated in defense of this nation in both war and peacetime. Their…

Read more
Private First Class Janice S. Taylor

November 30, 2011

Private First Class Janice S. Taylor from PureHistory on Vimeo. Janice S. Taylor Private First…

Read more
Major Dorthy Lee, Washington, DC.

November 30, 2011

Major Dorthy Lee from PureHistory on Vimeo. Major Dorthy Lee Washington, DC

Read more
Dr. Debra Newman, Balitmore, MD.

November 30, 2011

Dr. Debra Newman from PureHistory on Vimeo. Dr. Debra Newman Historian/Researcher Morgan State University Balitmore,…

Read more