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Historic Newspapers
It's hard not to love historic newspapers. They take us back in time and allow us to relive the details of our ancestors lives. Whether it's a headline for the ages or simply the daily happenings in a small town, family historians have turned to historic newspapers for decades. While the collections of many major newspapers have been available on microfilm for years, the introduction of online colletions in recent years has been a tremendous bonus for genealogists and historians.
The following are among the free images you can view at Ancestry.com:
- April 15, 1865 - Assassination of President Lincoln
- April 15, 1861 - Fall of Fort Sumpter
- January 10, 1920 - Treaty of Versailles
- April 17, 1912 - Sinking of The Titanic
- July 8, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg
- April 14, 1865 - Appomattox Courthouse
- November 17, 1916 - First Lady Congresswoman
- August 7, 1863 - First Thanksgiving Holiday
- November 23, 1963 - JFK Assassination
- December 8, 1941 - Pearl Harbor
- August 6, 1945 - Hiroshima
- September 2, 1945 - VJ Day
- January 3, 1880 - Edison Invents the Lightbulb
- January 1, 1935 - Lindbergh baby
- May 28, 1974 - Death of Duke Ellington
- December 17, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 1
- December 17, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 2
- December 18, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 3
- December 18, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 4
- December 22, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 5
- December 25, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 6
- January 18, 1944 - WW2 Russian Forces Advance toward Rovno
- January 17, 1944 - WW2 South France Invasion Planned
- September 30, 1931 - Al Capone Sent to Prison
- May 21, 1932 - Amelia Earhart Flies Solo Across the Atlantic
- November 12, 1932 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected
- February 22, 1933 - Franklin Roosevelt Proposes New Deal
- March 7, 1930 - Gandhi Starts Nonviolence Protest
- September 1, 1939 - Germany Invades Poland
- May 7, 1937 - Hindenburg Ignites Over Lakehurst, New York
- January 30, 1933 - Hitler Named Chancellor of Germany
- August 27, 1936 - Jesse Owens Wins Gold at Berlin Olympics
- December 10, 1936 - King Edward VIII Abdicates English Throne
- April 25, 1939 - Television Debuts in United States
- October 25, 1929 - The American Stock Market Crash
- April 15, 1912 - Titanic Rams Iceberg
- April 15, 1912 - Titanic Still Above Water
- April 17, 1912 - Titanic Almost ‘Rent Asunder At First Blow’
- April 19, 1912 - Band Played On
- April 19, 1912 - Colonel Gracie
- April 19, 1912 - Mrs. Futrelle
- April 19, 1912 - The Strauses
- April 19, 1912 - The Schaberts
- April 22, 1912 - Bells Toll for Dead
- April 24, 1912 - Medals of Honor for Rescuers
- April 27, 1912 - Californian Refusal to Aid Titanic
- April 18, 1912 - Lowe Praised for Heroics
- April 25, 1912 - Ismay Questioned in Inquiry
- May 23, 1912 - Ismay Bitterly Arraigned
- April 27, 1912 - Astor’s Body Found
- April 16, 1912 - Titanic Laid to Rest
- July 19, 1812 - England learns of US Declaration of War in 1812
- June 29, 1914 - World War I Unfolds in Bosnia
- June 27, 1950 - America Pledges Aid to South Korea
- May 22, 1969Vietnam Struggle Intensifies at Hamburger Hill
- Sullivan Brothers: A Tale of Heroism
- January 14, 1943 - Enlisted and Died Together
- February 10, 1943 - Destroyer to Get Name of 5 Sullivan Brothers
- August 18, 1943 - Another Sullivan in the Navy
- September 23, 1944 - The Story of Five Famous Brothers
- April 28, 1936 - Derby Dudes
- November 6, 1937 - Seabiscuit Now Leading Winner
- November 1, 1938 - War Admiral Rated Choice
- November 2, 1938 - Seabiscuit Outruns War Admiral
- March 3, 1940 - Seabiscuit Sets Track Record To Take Handicap
- May 4, 1967 - Presley Gets Hitched
- March 25, 1958 - Elvis Joins the Army
- March 2, 1932 - Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping
- August 13, 1892 - Lizzie Borden Murder Trial
- December 19, 1903 - First Flight
- January 7, 1904 - Flying Machine Age Arrives
- February 12, 1910 - Medal Given Wrights
- 1921 Letters to Santa
- 1923 Letters to Santa in Arkansas
- 1923 Letters to Santa in Tennessee
- 1924 Letters to Santa
- 1927 Letters to Santa
- 1928 Letters to Santa
- 1932 Letters to Santa
- 1937 Letters to Santa
- 1961 Letters to Santa
- Athens Olympics: 1896
- Jesse Owens: 1936
- Black September: 1972
- Nadia Comaneci: 1976
- The Beatles Arrive
- Beatles Are Simply Inexplicable
- Beatles Are Better Than World Series
- Beatle Fans Protest Ban
- Beatle John Weds Yoko
- Paul McCartney Quits Beatles
- October 25, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 1
- October 29, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 2
- October 30, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 3
- October 30, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 4
- October 31, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 5
- Death of Pres. Taylor
- Dred Scott Case
- Telephone Invention (Who?)
- Statue of Liberty Dedication
- Jack the Ripper
- Eiffel Tower Constructed
- Global influenza Epidemic
- Grover Cleveland Elected President
- Boxer Rebellion
- Pres. McKinley's Assassination
- Wright Brothers First Flight
- Panama Canal Opened
- Lindbergh Sets Record
- Korean War begins
- Segregation Unconstitutional
- Watergate
- Pres. Nixon's Resignation
- Gulf War
- Compact Disc Launch
- Nuclear Weapons Ban
- Rodney King Riots in LA
- US Racial Church Burnings
- Sheep/Human Cloning
- Radios Were All The Rage
- Panic over typhus epidemic in 1892
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