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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
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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resources and links to over 7 million historical
documents, photographs, maps, films and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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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