We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.
During July of 1917, demonstrators in Petrograd (including sailors from Kronstadt) were met with fierce opposition by soldiers of the provisional gove...
The charismatic Bolshevik leader, born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, helped to overthrow four hundred years of tsarist rule in Russia.
Born on September 9, 1828, Leo Tolstoy was the writer of still-famous 19th-century Russian masterpieces. See him in this rare video from the Russian S...
Leo X, a member of the de' Medici family, had an eventful papacy. In addition to ordering Martin Luther to withdraw 41 of his 95 Theses, Leo X designe...
After the Bishop of Digne shows kindness to Jean Valjean, providing him with food and allowing him to spend the night without pay, Valjean steals the ...
Arrested and jailed for protesting without a permit, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used his time in jail to write a letter urging a change in how Americ...
President Thomas Jefferson asked one of his key aides, twenty-eight-year-old Meriwether Lewis, to lead an expedition west - all the way to the "wester...
Despite dreadful conditions and too-few horses, Lewis & Clark reach the Great Falls on June 13, 1805. Sacagawea soon makes a remarkable discovery, lea...
As the Corps of Discovery pushed forward, into the heart of the Great Plains, the explorers saw "little toy dogs.
With Shoshone horses and a Shoshone guide, Lewis and Clark forged ahead with their men.
Who was the Buddha, the man who founded a religion followed by around 400 million people? Step back in time to uncover his origins.
Lina Radke, a German-born athlete, refused to be intimidated by cultural limitations on females participating in sports.
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