Meet some of the world's most-colorful characters in this collection. From Roman times to the Spanish Main, these individuals were famous in their own lifetimes and later, when their stories became the "stuff of legends."
On June 7, 1900, Carrie Nation walked into a Kansas saloon and starting smashing bottles of alcoholic drinks. Her first husband was addicted to alcoho...
Before she was a Russian ruler, Catherine the Great was the daughter of a minor German prince. Then Empress Elizabeth picked Sophie to marry her heir,...
Errol Flynn, a famous actor, died in Vancouver. Canadian authorities sent his remains to Los Angeles via train.
After the U.S. Civil War, Texans who fought for the Confederacy returned home to find their herds of Longhorns had significantly multiplied. With litt...
Charlie Ford is a member of Jesse James' gang, but he is enticed by a large reward to double-cross his friend.
Learn about Vikings and artifacts from the Viking-era which archaeologists are finding at Norwegian burial sites.
Interesting facts about MLK to ponder on MLK Day...such as why his father changed his name. While visiting Memphis, Tennessee - on the 4th of April, 1...
When Princess Elizabeth (played in this scene from Elizabeth R by Glenda Jackson) was imprisoned at the Tower of London - implicated in Wyatt's rebell...
In the fall of 1562, Elizabeth I (played by Glenda Jackson in this clip from Elizabeth R) became desperately ill with smallpox.
Living as an artist among other artists in Brooklyn, Emil Goldfus / Willy Fisher / Rudolf Abel became particularly close to Burton Silverman.
Hameln - referred to as "Hamelin" in English - is another quaint town along Germany's popular Fairy Tale Road. It is the setting for The Pied Piper o...
A world-renowned scientist and AIDS researcher, Dr. Joep Lange was a passenger on Flight MH17 when it crashed over Ukraine on July 17, 2014.
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