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.

The plan was to kill the king and his male relations.

On September 1, 1941, German Jews received the police directive that all Jews above the age of six to wear a yellow star.

Trailer for "The Impossible" which tells the real-life story of Maria Beln, Enrique Alvarez and their three sons.

As Jackie Robinson's popularity grew, so did the public's demand to know more about him.  He was a great ballplayer, but what about his person...

We do not hear the first words, spoken in film, at the beginning of this 1927 movie.

When she became Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and her Conservative government implemented radical policies to help Britain improve its economic po...

When he was 18 years old, Pliny the Younger and his mother were living at his Uncle's villa in Misenum.

"The Longest Day," a 1962 movie by Darryl F.

On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles and his colleagues at Mercury Theatre on the Air played a prank on the American people.

On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles and his colleagues at Mercury Theatre on the Air decided to play a prank on the American people.

On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles and his colleagues at Mercury Theatre on the Air decided to play a prank on the American people.

On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles and his colleagues at Mercury Theatre on the Air decided to play a prank on the American people.

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