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.
Jesus is placed on the cross, forgives everyone, and prepares to die.
Tone leaves Ireland, goes to France, and becomes a French military officer.
The Poor Laws, meant to help, only led to more landowners getting rid of tenants.
Pope Innocent III believes King John does not have the right to give away land without consulting him. The Pope's response is to excommunicate the nob...
What is Late Potato Blight and how does it destroy the plant and its tubers?
The real D'Artagnan is Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, a French man born between 1610-1620.
The character of Dracula is based on a Romanian price named Vlad Dracul, meaning Son of the Dragon, or Devil.
When the movie is made in the US, it causes friction with the British because it was a British, not an American, crew that retrieved the Enigma machin...
Henry Mucci and his special forces gather information and local help to plan the rescue of prisoners at Cabanatuan.
New technology allows exploration of the Titanic and other ships.
After Alexander the Great's death, his body is brought to Egypt where it is preserved. History records that in 30 BC, Caesar Augustus viewed the remai...
Xerxes chooses to bring his army through Thermopylae, in central Greece, which consists of a narrow pass between the mountains and the sea.
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