This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Fireside chats and a century of notable dates roll by
A compact chronology marks key events and birthdays across centuries. From Franklin D Roosevelt’s first fireside chat in 1933 to the 1938 Anschluss and 1993 Reno oath, the list names leaders, wars, discoveries, and cultural milestones. It also notes births such as Edward Albee and Mitt Romney, and recent items like the Endavour Shuttle milestone and the 2012 Afghanistan tragedy response.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
England
Charles II
North America
New Netherland
James
Duke of York
Gabriele D’annunzio
Pescara
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Girl Scouts of the USA
Juliette Gordon Low
Savannah
Girl Guides
Canberra
Australia
Lee de Forest
Phonofilm
New York
Austria
Nazi Germany
Aaron Copland
India
Dawood Ibrahim
Elizabeth Smart
Salt Lake City
Brian David Mitchell
Wanda Barzee
Zoran Djindjic
Jihn’jihch
Howard Fast
Greenwich
Conn
Lynne Thigpen
Los Angeles
Eliot Spitzer
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
International Space Station
Edward Albee
Atlanta
Andrew Young
Barbara Feldon
Lloyd Dobyns
al Jarreau
Liza Minnelli
Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
James Taylor
Kent Conrad
D-N.c
Bill Payne
Little Feat
Jon Provost
Carl Hiaasen
Steve Harris
Iron Maiden
Jerry Levine
Marlon Jackson
Jackson Five
Courtney B. Vance
Titus Welliver
Darryl Strawberry
Julia Campbell
Aaron Eckhart
CNN
Jake Tapper
Graham Coxon
Tommy Bales
Flynnville Train
Holly Williams
Samm Levine
Tyler Patrick Jones
Kendall Applegate