U.S. Presidents have varying backgrounds and political persuasions. Only one was unanimously elected. They can have little or lasting influence. These stories are about individuals with the power to make a difference at home and abroad.
Japan surrenders on August 14, 1945, just eight days after the US drops an atom bomb on Hiroshima.
The Nazis swear secrecy and follow a strict set of rules.
In November of 1989, the people of Berlin tear down a wall which divides their city into East and West. Two years earlier, President Reagan leads the ...
A statue of Teddy Roosevelt on his horse, Tex, sits in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Hitlers reign WWII, but ends in defeat and Hitlers suicide.
The public deal is that Soviets withdraw missiles from Cuba in exchange for a U.S. agreement never to invade Cuba.
Upset, Castro believes the Soviets leave Cuba no real protection against the US once the missiles are withdrawn from Cuba.
Calling for Americans to "bind up the nation's wounds," Lincoln has hopes for a reunited America. Soon after his second inaugural, however, Lincoln di...
President Lincoln relieves General Hooker of command because of his loss at Chancellorsville.
Bobby wins the California Democratic primary and gives a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Tony Mendez gets all six U.S. diplomats out of Iran.
Abraham Zapruder, a local Dallas businessman who is watching President Kennedy's motorcade in Dallas, records the entire shooting.
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