What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.
Was there once a city called Atlantis which disappeared into the sea?
This clip from The Atom Strikes!
By mid-July, of 1945, a new weapon (being developed, in secret, by the "Manhattan Project") was ready for testing.
It might be possible to get sea-sick just watching this clip fromOceans, a French documentary by Jacques Perrin.
This clip, from a Universal Newsreel, combines Japanese and American historical footage of the Pearl Harbor attack.
On the 30th of March, 1981, John Hinckley fired shots at President Reagan grievously wounding both Reagan and Jim Brady, his press secretary.
The Huns had no written language, but there is a written description of Attila by Priscus, a Greek-speaking Roman historian who met him.
Huns used the steppes to their advantage, conquering everything in sight.
When Rome itself was threatened, Pope Leo agreed to meet the Hunnic ruler to beg for peace.
Attila continued as a threat against Rome and demanded significant tribute from its ambassadors.
Attila led the Huns for eight short but dramatic years, but his sons were unable to folllow in his footsteps.
Auschwitz became the worst Nazi death camp of all.
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