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
Seamus Heaney, 1995 Nobel Laureate for Literature, was a world-famous poet who producednew workuntil shortly before his death in 2013.
Story of Heinrich Harrer
C.S. Lewis, an unmarried professor whom his friends called Jack, was a highly successful writer when he met an American woman named Joy Davidman Gresh...
C.S. ("Jack") Lewis found love late in life, but his marriage to Joy Gresham did not last long.
In October of 1971, the Shah of Iran sponsored an event which further ruptured the relationship between himself and "his people.
When William T. Sherman, one of the Union's leading generals, led his troops on a mission now known as "Sherman's March to the Sea," his primary objec...
For a successful March to the Sea, General Sherman's plans had to remain secret.
As General Sherman and his troops approached Fort McAllister, near Savannah, they encountered a new Confederate weapon - land mines - which proved to ...
NOTE: THIS VIDEO CLIP PROVIDES CLOSE-UP VIEWS OF SISTINE-CHAPEL FRESCOES.
Tatanka-Iyotanka (more commonly misspelled Tatanka Yotanka [or, Yotaka]) - a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who was also known as Chief Sitting Bull -...
At age eighty-eight, the anti-Soviet writer was awarded high honors by the Russian government.
Solzhenitsyn died in Moscow, reportedly of a heart ailment, at the age of 89.
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