History & Politics

Guardian Millennium
Starting in 1960 move forward year by year to read the summary of the main events and people of each year as selected by The Guardian. Lots of links through to the individual stories and people.

The British Century
A Christmas gift in 1999 from the Daily Telegraph, the historian John Keegan tells the story of the UK's survival and regeneration, from 1945 to 1999. An excellent and detailed history. Superb writing.

BBC: English & Scottish Timelines
A super history timeline from The BBC. This one covers the period from 1945 to 2000 with a series of articles covering time periods and major events - including the sixties and seventies.

The Sixties Project Web Site
An academic project website that provides a number of resources specifically for scholars interested in the history of the sixties and the Viet Nam war in particular. Definitely an American angle but interesting material.

100 Events that Shaped a Century
TheStreet.com decided to examine the 20^th Century in U.S. business and finance. This is the top 100 business events of the last century. The list ranks the top 100 signal points, inventions, ideas and companies of the 20th century.

Apollo Manned Space Missions
A not very exciting index page for Project Apollo - the manned space missions launched by NASA in America and culminating in Apollo 11. Read the detailed (and I mean detailed) story of the flight to the point of the two great lines: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed!" and a little later: " That's one small step for man . . . one giant leap for mankind." Of course there's a lot more on this huge NASA site. Great history.

dMarie Time Capsule
The Time Capsule is an online database that will generate an information page for any given date from 1800 to just a few weeks ago. It's very American in its outlook. But you can discover the headlines, top songs, major films and the other things you'll want to know about your selected date.

Vietnam War Internet Project
The Vietnam War Internet Project is an educational organization dedicated to providing information and documents about the various Indochina Wars and to the collection and electronic publication on the web of oral histories and memoirs of both those who served in and those who opposed those conflicts. A major website with lots to see.