Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
Reforms are set into motion to make Ireland independent.
The residents of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, produce products used throughout the world.
Before John Wilkes Booth plans an assassination, he plans a kidnapping of President Lincoln.
Protected only by a pair of latex gloves, three lab workers in Antwerp open a thermos, carried aboard a commercial flight, and begin to examine blood ...
A tomb in the ancient town of Aegae (Aigai), known today as Vergina, holds treasures from Alexander's father, Philip II. The site may actually be the ...
Mary and her future husband Bothwell are suspects in Darnley's death, which Elizabeth uses against them.
It is typical, in France, to remove the heart of a royal after death; DNA evidence proves Dr. Pelletan took Louis XVII's heart.
Lieutenant Commander Anton Otto Fischer, U.S.C.G.R. (U.S. Coast Guard Reserve), created this painting in February of 1943. It depicts a burning ...
Doolittle and his Tokyo Raiders prove that Japan can be attacked; however, two US planes crash and Japanese soldiers capture the pilots.
Archibald Grace describes the sinking of the Titanic.
African-American Dorie Miller works in the West Virgina's galley, but when the bombs fall, he assists the ship's captain, fires a machine gun and earn...
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