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
In this rare video clip of Margaret Thatcher - being interviewed in 1962 - we hear her express concern that not enough women are given opportunities f...
When Margaret Thatcher's colleagues wanted to help improve her image, Laurence Olivier - the famous actor - suggested that she work with a tutor at th...
Marie & Pierre Curie were married scientists who first isolated radioactive radium salts on the 20th of April, 1902. Learn more about their world-chan...
Nine months after her husband (King Louis XVI) was executed, Marie Antoinette followed him to the guillotine.
Mark Twain was born in a town called Florida in the American state of Missouri.
In its heyday, the American circus was the blockbuster entertainment center of the world.
Dr. King gives his powerful, transforming ''I Have a Dream'' speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.
On April 3, 1968 - while in Memphis supporting sanitation workers - MLK gave a moving speech. It was his last.
Although he avoided an assassination attempt, Qin Shi Huangdi knew that one day he would die.
Medgar Evers was the NAACP's field secretary in Jackson, Mississippi.
The rifle featured in this video clip, from the National Firearms Museum, is a Girandoni System Austrian Repeating Air Rifle.
Meyer Lansky, according to people who knew him, built his "business" on his word.
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