My English professor has asked us to pick 5 historical events as possible topics for a paper!. I need something that I can research easily, but that isn't extremely overdone!. Any suggestions!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: D-Day (omaha beach) The Great Fire of London The Bubonic Plague First Landing on the moon Launch of supersonic travel (Concorde)Www@QuestionHome@Com I saw a really cool story on PBS about the Atocha!. It is a ship that was carrying Spanish silver that sank in a hurricane somewhere around the Florida Keys!. It was VERY intereseting! The remains, and the treasure was found a few years ago, but it dates back to the 1600's I believe!. Very interesting to say the least! Check out the show that is on Public TV weekly called History Detectives!. They always have interesting stories, and ones that are very important to history, but aren't necessarily well known!. It's a great show!Www@QuestionHome@Com 1) The Nixon era creation of the DEA, for the "War on Drugs!." that we are soooooo NOT winning!. 2) The similarities of the current government events, e!.g!. the "alleged" 9/11 attacks from "terrorists", invading Urasia, compared to Germany and the creation of the 3rd Reich!.!.!.that's right, Fascism, NAZIs, and the race for One World Superpower and Earth's natural resources! 3) How do you top 2), really!?!!? 4) The current economy tanking, and the future!.!.!.based on World Wars being used to revive the economy, however this War on Oil may NEVER END, therefore we won't see a boost, just more debt and death!. :( 5) also, George Dubya lifting UN sactions on North Korea and buddying up to Kim Jon Il!.!.!.WTF!?!!? I guess if you actually read, and care about more than Hanna Montana and all of the other celebrity crap that TV pushes on us, then these should be some A+ papers!.!.!. If you REALLY want to blow your teacher's mind!.!.!.read up on Zbiginiew Brzezinski!.!.!.a VERY POWERFUL man in politics!.Www@QuestionHome@Com - The Whiskey Rebellion - 1816, the Year without a Summer - The eruption of Krakatoa, called the loudest noise ever heard on Earth!. - Terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympics - Building of the Transcontinental RailroadWww@QuestionHome@Com Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima The Battle of Gettysburg The Chicago Fire The Boston Tea Party The World's Columbian Exposition (1893 World's Fair)Www@QuestionHome@Com The Battle of Agincourt, 1415!. The Easter Rising, Dublin, 1916!. The Great Fire of London, 1666!. Martin Luther and his 95 Theses, 1517!. And my favourite of all: the Christmas Truce of World War I, 1914!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The American gold rush era: especially AZ and Alaska!. You could focus on what drove people to such uninhabitable areas, how they lived, found materials for housing, what they did for food, medicine, etc!. Www@QuestionHome@Com hmm- as far as interesting!. Their is the "1918 Black Sox" scandel - where the whole team threw the world series!. The Cuban Missile crisis of John Kennedy's presidency!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Gandhi's movement in India The Easter rebellion in Ireland The Conference at Yalta The Battle of the Little Big Horn The Liberation of AuschwitzWww@QuestionHome@Com Invention of the telephone or T!.V!. would be a great historical event as they truly changed our lives!. Or fiber optics would be another good one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com umm the boston massacre!.!.!.!.!. the hanging of the so called "witches" back in the early days!.!.!. The Civil war!.!. Martin Luther King and his effect on blacks culture!. hmmm maybe WW2!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |