• Vietnam: A Children's Guide
  Vietnam: A Children's Guide, created by children for children, features an online picture book of information about Vietnam, interesting facts about schools in Vietnam, and a quiz.
• Wars For Viet Nam
  This site seeks to tell the unbiased truth about the Vietnam War by giving a detailed account of the events of this war, and by providing a wealth of war documents to support it.
• United States History
  Resources and tools from our History Center.

1662 Royal charter granted Conn

1715 Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"

• Earth and Sky
  Earth & Sky is a daily radio series that deals with science topics and issues. The scientific information concerns the natural world and covers discoveries, established ideas in science, listener questions and science news.
• Space Sciences
  Resources and tools from our Science Center.

1765 1st US Medical school opened

1797 Jamaica discovered by Columbus

• Across the Sea: Europeans Explore the New World
  Looking for information and activities about the intrepid adventurers who first voyaged to the New World? Check out these Internet sites and help your students explore the earliest explorers.
• Millenium Series: The Great Explorers!
  This week, Education World presents the second in our year-long Millennium Series. Last month we explored the Middle Ages; this month we turn our sites to the great explorers of the millennium. In the stories listed below you'll find resources and activities for exploring the great explorers -- from Leif Eriksson to Neil Armstrong!
• Explore the Explorers Online!
  Columbus and the other early explorers provide your students with the opportunity to explore new worlds -- as well as worlds of knowledge and discovery! This week, Education World delivers a shipload of sites and activities guaranteed to keep your lessons afloat -- and your curriculum current.

1830 1st regular steam train passenger service starts

• Planes and Trains and Automobiles … and Study Skills!
  "Transport" students to a dozen activities that provide practice in reading maps, schedules, timetables, and more. Included: Four study skills teaching master activities for students!

1906 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey

1919 America's 1st passenger flight (NY-Atlantic City)

• Planes and Trains and Automobiles … and Study Skills!
  "Transport" students to a dozen activities that provide practice in reading maps, schedules, timetables, and more. Included: Four study skills teaching master activities for students!
• Aviations and Aeronautics
  Resources from our database. Airplanes and Flying
  Resources from our database.

1926 US marines land in Nicaragua - stay until 1933

1971 Natl non-coml Network Radio Begins Programming

• The Soundry
  The Soundry is an award-winning, interactive, and fun Web site about the science of sound.
• Internet Scavenger Hunt: Inventors and Inventions
  Education World writer Hazel Jobe has created special Internet scavenger hunts that will have your students surfing the best on-line resources for fun facts about some famous and not-so-famous inventors and inventions.

1971 Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days

1469 Niccol Machiavelli born, politician (The Prince)

• Philosophers: Nicolo Machiavelli
  Resources from our database.

1898 Golda Meir born, 4th Israeli PM (1969-74)

• Regional Resources: Israel
  Resources from our database.
• Area Studies: Israel
  Resources from our database.