Famous Historical Topics & Events Videos

Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885. A leading suffragist, she fights hard to give women the right to vote.

As the day of the parade draws closer, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns meet Inez Milholland.

Particle accelerators help scientists to investigate the infinitely large by examining the infinitely small.

Superconducting magnets are critical for particle acceleration.

CERN animations depict what happens inside the Large Hadron Collider.

This NASA video explains Super Moons (and why they are so bright and beautiful).

Japanese engineers have developed building techniques which allow earthquake-impacted skyscrapers to sway instead of fall.

Britons were stunned at the loss of the Hood, and Churchill was furious.

In the spring of 1977, the Los Rodeos airport on Tenerife Island had only one runway.

Charles Moore - Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer - discusses his research on the differences, and similarities, between Mikhail Gorbachev, Ro...

In 1347, when ships originating from the Black Sea arrived in Europe, the initial port of call was often Sicily.

In one of the earliest stories of biological warfare (perhaps true, perhaps legendary), the Mongols - attempting to conquer the city of Kaffa - are st...