Biographies Chapters

Barrie meets Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her two boys at Kensington Gardens; he tells the boys stories of pirates, fairies and desert islands.

Tania Chernova is a Russian-American who comes to Russia to learn how to be a sniper and help defeat the Germans.

A statue of Teddy Roosevelt on his horse, Tex, sits in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

When Sacajawea and her French husband join Lewis and Clark, they speak enough languages to purchase supplies. In addition, Sacajawea bears her first c...

Hitlers reign WWII, but ends in defeat and Hitlers suicide.

In April of 1982, a fleet of British ships - carrying British planes - travels thousands of miles to the Falkland Islands. With her stance on this war...

The convention that nominates Greeley for president, and Susan's participation in it, are widely criticized.

The Tuskegee airmen in WWII fly mission as the 99th Pursuit Squad.

Douglass travels to speak and write against slavery, and becomes friends with other famous abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown.

The public deal is that Soviets withdraw missiles from Cuba in exchange for a U.S. agreement never to invade Cuba.

Bobby is laid to rest atArlington Cemetery, not far from his brother's grave.

Calling for Americans to "bind up the nation's wounds," Lincoln has hopes for a reunited America. Soon after his second inaugural, however, Lincoln di...