Famous Historical Topics & Events Videos

What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.

By 1951, the Iranian government - led by its popular Prime Minister, Dr.

"A New India" was born in August of 1947 split into two along religious lines.

Arising from a field of ruins on the Athenian Acropolis, a sacred hill, the Parthenon commemorated the city-states ultimate victory over the Persians ...

This video concludes the story of how the Athenian Parthenon was conceived and built.

Joan of Arc is condemned to death on May 30, 1431. Critics raved about this 1928 silent-film interpreting Joan of Arc, starring Maria Falconetti.

One of the most-famous lines from the American Revolution still resonates: Give me liberty or give me death!

Because the clouds have cleared on Sunday morning - December 7, 1941 - every pilot has an unobstructed view as hundreds of Japanese airplanes approach...

Sixty years after D-day, and the Allied landings at Normandy, two British pilots who transported troops on a wooden glider recall how their efforts le...

In this clip from "Pompeii: The Last Day," we step back in time to learn what happened when Vesuvius powerfully exploded, burying the towns of Pompeii...

Peter Minuit (also known as Pierre Minuyt) was 46 years old when he arrived in "New Netherland" on the 4th of May, 1626.

Peter the Great ruled Russia with absolute power.

Peter the Great achieved one of his most significant dreams - the building of a great capital with access to the sea - when he created a city out of s...

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