Library of Congress site gives a brief history and photo of the water-powered cotton mill that was built by Samuel Slater with links to related material for more in-depth study. Also, links to information about other historical events.

This is the text, audio, and video of Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's press briefing on December 3, 2015, making all military roles open to women.

Information about the Muslim population in Europe can be obtained by clicking on this interactive map. (23 December 2005)

The ways in which animals have adapted so as to survive in a desert environment are described in this article. Mechanisms that humans have to help them cool themselves in a desert are also explained. (Published: December 17, 2009)

A December 9, 2003 feature story from PBS that examines the long standing tensions between China and Taiwan and recent events contributing to a rise in tensions. Also provides links to related topics.

Ploughshares, published in April, August, and December, delivers new voice fiction, poetry, and literary reviews.

Historian Michael Beschloss discusses Harry S. Truman's role in the Potsdam Conference and examines how his decisions there paved the way for the Cold War. (December 2002)

This is the full text of the novel The First Men In The Moon by H.G. Wells, a scientific romance originally serialized in The Strand Magazine from December 1900 to August 1901 and published in hardcover in 1901.

This site provides you a timeline of the influenza epidemic from March 1918 to December 1918 with a description of what happened during these months.

This interactive map of the United States provides an extensive overview of drought conditions. You can watch animations of drought patterns over different time intervals.

On December 1, 1955, the late Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat and made civil rights history.

This History Place timeline briefly identifies over 100 events of the American Revolution between January 1, 1777 and December 31, 1783. In addition, there are many links to other pages which expand on the events and people mentioned in...

Interview of a New Orleans reporter who has been covering the story of the difficulties that investigators face as they attempt to identify the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Video, audio, and a transcript of this December, 2005, report...

Overview of the life and career of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, including a link to Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech given December 8, 1953.

Site provides the article, "Burst Behind the Sun Reveals Magnetic Charm of Distant Explosion," that details on a gamma-ray burst that occurred on December 6, 2002. Provides graphics and links to learn more about gamma-ray bursts.

During this lesson students are going to take a look at moon phases and sunrise-sunset times in order to learn about daylight hours. Students discover that we do not always have the same amount of daylight each day. This lesson is best...

Foul weather, from ice, snow and below-freezing temperatures to downpours and excessive heat, has adversely affected NFL games since the dawn of the league more than 100 years ago. But no game in NFL history matches the weird weather at...

The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first military action of the Cold War. It was sparked by the June 25, 1950 invasion of South Korea by 75,000 members of the North Korean People's Army. The line they crossed, the 38th parallel, was...

Jewish American author Saul Bellow is featured in this biography identifying his literary contributions and his manner of drawing on the weaknesses of humanity. See "Saul Bellow Activities" for related materials.

Fascinating story of the worst avalanche in the history of the United States. Find photos of the avalanche which took place in Wellington, Washington in 1910.

This page is an article from The Panama Canal Review - December 7, 1962, about the flat arch in the ruins of the Church of Santo Domingo (related to the colonial period in the history of Panama). It also has a picture of the Church of...

This site from The History Place provides pictures and descriptions of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Five photos are provided along with great text on the subject.

Citing the Boston Tea Party has been a rallying cry. Find out what the real reasons were behind the actions of the Sons of Liberty on that night of December 16, 1773. What made the colonists so angry and the reactions of the British lay...

Here is a very brief bio on James Butler Bonham, an Alamo defender. Includes a letter Bonham sent to Sam Houston on December 1, 1835.