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  • 440 International - Those Were the Days - The folks at TWtD spend hours every day scouring the Web for vital, entertaining links to the events and birthdays in TWtD.
    www.440.com/twtd/today.html
  • History Channel - This site features a column on "This Day in History" which lists significant events on the current date. It also provides additional events by category.
    www.historychannel.com
  • Library of Congress - Today in History - Today in History is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
    lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
  • On This Day in North American Indian History - Based on the book This Day in North American Indian History. Links to the current months and events which have occurred on those dates.
    americanindian.net
  • Scope Systems - Today in History - Birthdays and historical events listed by year for the current date. Ability to search other dates. World holidays and religious observances are also listed.
    www.scopesys.com/today
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    United States History
  • African American Pamphlets Homepage - A review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries.
    lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html
  • American Civil War Homepage - The American Civil War Homepage gathers together in one place hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865).
    sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war
  • Colonial Williamsburg - The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation official web site for the history of Colonial Williamsburg.
    www.history.org/History/index.cfm
  • Library of Congress - The African-American Mosaic - This is the online exhibit of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
    lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
  • Library of Congress Learning Page - This page is especially aimed at teachers, providing resources and links to over 7 million historical documents, photographs, maps, films and audio recordings.
    lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu
  • Salem Witch Museum Education - Salem, Mass. - Official web site of the Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
    www.salemwitchmuseum.com/
  • The US Civil War Center - Official web site of the United States Civil War Center at Louisiana State University.
    www.cwc.lsu.edu
  • US Historical Documents - The University of Oklahoma, College of Law, index of US Historical documents. A chronology of documents from the Pre-colonial period to the present.
    www.law.ou.edu/hist
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    World History
  • Hyperhistory - HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.
    www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
  • Internet History Sourcebooks Project - The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented for educational use.
    www.fordham.edu/halsall/
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of the Holocaust, and memorial to the people murdered.
    www.ushmm.org/museum
  • The Virtual Library Index of Resources for History - The World Wide Virtual Library Central Catalogue of history resources on the web.
    vlib.iue.it/history/
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    Biography
  • Biographical Dictionary - Over 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world . Search by birth/death years, positions held, professions, literary/artistic works, achievements, and keywords.
    s9.com/biography
  • Biography (A&E) - Official web site of the A&E Biography program.
    www.biography.com
  • Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Women who contributed to our culture: writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and more.
    www.distinguishedwomen.com
  • Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers - Searchable by date or by name. Offers basic biographical information for a large number of composers from the Mediaeval period to the present.
    www.stevenestrella.com/composers
  • Internet Movie Database - Use the search function to find out more about about your favorite stars.
    us.imdb.com
  • Invention Dimension - Inventor of the week Archives - Click on the 'Inventor of the week' link to find out more about inventors that have been featured on this site. Organized alphabetically.
    web.mit.edu/invent/index.html
  • Inventors Hall of Fame - The National Inventors Hall of Fame honors the women and men responsible for the great technological advances that make human, social and economic progress possible.
    www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp
  • Naxos.com Biographies of Classical Music Composer - Official web site of Naxos recording company. Link to composer biographies and portraits from the menu bar on the left.
    www.naxos.com/naxos/naxos_marco_polo.htm
  • The Political Graveyard - A database of history, politics and cemeteries.
    www.potifos.com/tpg
  • The Internet Public Library - Presidents of the United States (POTUS) - Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents.
    www.ipl.org/div/potus
  • Royal Genealogies - This site has Genealogical data for the Royal Family of Britain, which includes just about all the Royals for Europe.
    ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/royal/royalgen.html
  • Rulers - Lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately.
    rulers.org

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