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 1957, the U.S. government - via the CIA - commissioned a documentary entitled "South Africa under Apartheid.
Einstein's discovery of the theory of relativity.
Encouraged to learn the words to "Nkosi Sikeleli" - a former black resistance song in the Xhosa language - the Springboks worked with a tutor to get t...
During World War II, Howard Hughes designed a huge airplane made almost entirely of laminated birchwood.
To help rebuild the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin and his government sent millions of people to forced labor camps.
Stephen Bantu Biko (1946-1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who died, under suspicious circumstances, while in police custody.
After the first day of Stonewall Jackson's attack at Chancellorsville, the General and some of his staff ventured beyond their own lines to plan for t...
When scientists discovered that the atom was NOT the smallest building block of matter, it took the whole world by surprise.
Dicky Eklund fought Sugar Ray Leonard on the 18th of July, 1978.
One of the works for cello, which Nathaniel Ayers loves to hear and play, is this piece by the Russian composerTchaikovsky, entitled Rococo Variations...
Charles Moore - Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer - discusses his research on the differences, and similarities, between Mikhail Gorbachev, Ro...
Government officials found out that a Catholic agitator was renting the house adjacent to the House of Lords.
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