Whether natural or man-made, disasters simultaneously cause massive destruction and unity of people trying to help those in need. Discover some of the world's worst disasters in this collection.
On the 8th of October, 1871, Chicago was a city of many wooden buildings.
Advocates for children in Britain - wishing to help alleviate the suffering of working youngsters - convinced lawmakers to reduce the work day to 10 h...
Clint Hill was Mrs. Kennedy's secret service agent on November 22, 1963.
One of the most dangerous parts of a shuttle mission is when Houston gives the order to "go at throttle up.
On the 1st of February, 2003, two RNAF (Royal Dutch Air Force) pilots were training on a Longbow Apache Helicopter (AH-64) out of Fort Hood, Texas. Th...
About 84,000 pieces of shuttle debris fell to Earth, but investigators needed to locate the orbiter's flight-data recorder.
This video clip, from the BBC's documentary Last Flight of Columbia, includes pre-flight interviews with crew members who died sixteen minutes before ...
This video was the only video recovered after Columbia disintegrated during re-entry.
Following the loss of Columbia, NASA's investigation team recreates what must have happened.
Combat, at the time of the battle of Thermopylae, was hand-to- hand.
When invading Spaniards conquered the Incas, who were living in South America, their actions led to one of history's turning points. To...
Children who try to help their families by finding things to sell in abandoned mines - or just exploring them without supervision - face many hidden d...
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