People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
Brief video on th accomplisments of Thaddeus Kosciuszko
A grandson of Genghis, Kublai became the Great Khan in 1260.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is the largest particle accelerator in the world.
The last months of Beethoven's life were eventful.
Two weeks before LBJ announced he would not seek his partys nomination for another term as President, Bobby Kennedy announced that he would run.
On the evening of March 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson requested broadcast time. No one expected what he had to say.
At the end of the first day of battle at Gettysburg - July 1, 1863 - Union lines had collapsed.
J.E.B. Stuart was given command of all cavalry forces of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia on the 17th of August, 1862.
Not long after it was first possible to record the human voice (in an understandable way), the Soviet leader, Vladimir Lenin, addressed soldiers of th...
The charismatic Bolshevik leader, born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, helped to overthrow four hundred years of tsarist rule in Russia.
During the first decade of the twentieth century, political unrest threatened the fabric of Russian society.
This trailer for the film "300," inspired by the Battle of Thermopylae, tells the story of the Spartans' last stand at the "Hot Gates.
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