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.
On the 11th of July, 1963, the police decided to raid Liliesleaf Farm.
Learn about redrawing national boundaries.
A particularly sensational moment occurred during the trial of Lizzie Borden.
When Nikolai Getman was 28 years old, he boarded a ship at Vanino.
At the age of 28, Nikolai Getman boards a ship at Vanino as he heads to the forced labor camps at Kolyma.
After the war was over, and Ofuna prisoners were rescued by Allied forces, outsiders were able to view where the POWs had lived.
Scholars of Irish Literature believe that Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957) was the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in "Ulysses," by James Joyce.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel about life as a prisoner in a Stalinist forced-labor camp, in Siberia's GULAG, is based onhis own experience.
Count Victor Lustig, also known as Tricky Vic, used the Hotel de Crillon as a place to run his most-famous con: Selling the Eiffel Tower to a scrap de...
This painting of Paul Gauguin (Man in a Red Beret) is attributed to Vincent van Gogh.
The Romans had a preferred method of execution, known as crucifixion, which confronted victims with a tortuous way to die.
On the 8th of October, 1871, Peshtigo was a mill town in Wisconsin.
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