What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.
Travel back in time to view plans and witness bloodshed in the Battle of Waterloo through annotated maps, drawings and paintings.
Napoleon escapes from Elba and, during "One Hundred Days," attempts a comeback. This June marks the 200th anniversary of Napleon's defeat at Waterloo.
Upset with the taxes and conditions of the time, Wat Tyler leads peasants, into London where they kill many.
In order to sever all ties with Great Britain, Congress approves the Declaration of Independence.
As Remembrance Day approaches, people wear red poppies. Why do they do this - and - where did the idea originate?
In the late 1800s in Cuba, Father Benito Vines trains people to predict hurricanes. U.S. forecasters are reluctant to use his data.
At fifteen, Marie Antoinette leaves her home in Vienna and marries Louis-Auguste of France in a large wedding at the Palace of Versailles.
Prince Albert marries Elizabeth during an elaborate ceremony in 1923 at Westminster Abbey.
See the towns in the West as they begin to form when people move to new areas of America's "wilderness."
Robert E. Sticker created an oil painting interpreting the “Nantucket Sleigh Ride,” an adrenalin-producing event which occurred after whal...
The Tommy Gun (for General Thompson who invents it) becomes famous during the Prohibition-era for its use by gangsters in Chicago.
Top-secret study of America's involvement in Vietnam leads to many federal-government lies being exposed.
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