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.
Poland receives no aid from other countries when Hitler invades, and the Warsaw Ghetto starts.
When Abe Lincoln was eight years old, he moved with his family to a settlement in Indiana. It was there that he lost his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, ...
Even after the jury finds him competent and guilty, Guiteau does not believe he will die for his crime.
During his trial, expert witnesses debate whether or not Charles Guiteau is insane.
Videos and photos portray the Kennedys as a happy and loving family.
General James M. Gavin foresees using armed helicopters to bring US troops (sky troopers) in by air.
Susan believed in Ada and thought she was smart.
HMSResolute, a British Navy ship, becomes trapped in the Arctic ice. The crew abandons the ship but a whaler later finds it.
Despite half a million dead and injured and a 1953 Armistice, Korea remains divided.
North Vietnamese (PAVN) General Phuong describes battle preparations for Ia Drang, where they began a five-phase attack against the South (ARVN).
President McKinley lies dying, due to many medical mistakes and lack of knowledge about near-by new technology.
The Ayatollah moves to France and begins to air his views in order to make his country into an Islamic Republic.
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