When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
Despite the danger all around him, Julien Bryan continues to film and photograph Hitler's invasion of Poland, including the devastation in Warsaw.
This 19th-century illustration, called Caesar Crossing the Rubicon, is an artistic rendering of Julius Caesar's famous decision to defy Roman law.
On 31 July 1954, two Italian men were getting closer to the summit of K-2.
Kate Adams Keller, twenty years younger than her husband, was his second wife. She was a tall woman, with blue eyes, and had two daughters (Hele...
Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot Thomas K. Mattingly never made the Apollo 13 Mission because he was exposed to German Measles. That actually turned out...
Kobie Coetsee, in charge of South Africa's prisons in the mid-80s, began a dialogue with Mandela which eventually freed the prisoner from his life sen...
This map depicts Trasimeno Lake, and its nearby towns, located in the heart of Italy.
The Easter Story has been depicted by artists for centuries, especially during Medieval and Renaissance times. Da Vinci's "Last Supper," a fresco in a...
In this clip, we see Germany's much-feared rockets - the V-2/A-4 - during launch.
History tells us that the runner from Marathon to Athens was Pheidippides, but there is more to uncover about his story
The charismatic Bolshevik leader, born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, helped to overthrow four hundred years of tsarist rule in Russia.
Arrested and jailed for protesting without a permit, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used his time in jail to write a letter urging a change in how Americ...
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