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The remaining 55 hostages are let go after 444 days, and Mendez receives honors for his rescue mission.

Dostoevsky gets into serious trouble when he reads, then copies, a censored work; he goes to prison for this alleged crime.

As far as scholars know, the first depiction of the death of Jesus - in illuminated manuscript form - is found in the Syriac Rabbula Gospels, from 586...

Learn about some of the icons, frescoes, and paintings created between the 13th and 16th century

King Arthur, aRoman, leads the Britons in battles against theAnglo-Saxons in the early 6th century.

The artwork of Randolph Caldecott and John Everett Millais influence Beatrix's drawings.

While Patrick is a captive, he works as a shepherd and spends his time in thought and prayer.

Beatrix dies in 1943, but her legacy lives on through her stories and drawings.

A mere six weeks into his second term, Lincoln becomes the first President assassinated.

A receipts ledger with Capone's name on it shows profits from his gambling house; it is enough evidence to charge him with income tax evasion.

Jesse is born inClay County,Missouri, on September 5, 1847, and loses his father at a young age.

Within hours of each other, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on July 4, 1826, - fifty years to the day that the Declaration of Independence is sign...