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
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...
General Leslie Groves was the lead coordinator of the Manhattan Project, the U.
This is part two of a video biography about General Leslie Groves, the lead coordinator of the Manhattan Project.
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.
Recent research reveals that Einstein was a truly infuriating student.
Although Lillian Leitzel was well educated, and had the ability to become a concert pianist, she decided to be a circus performer instead.
On the 19th of November, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln spoke to a crowd of people at Gettysburg.
Mark Logue - grandson of Lionel Logue and author of a book entitled The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy - takes us behind the sc...
The murders of Andrew Jackson Borden and his wife, Abby, took place in Fall River, Massachusetts on a hot summer day in 1892.
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