Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
75 years ago, an atomic bomb, known as "Little Boy," devastates the Japanese city of Hiroshima and its people on August 6, 1945.
An atomic bomb called "Fat Man" detonates above the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Less than a week later, Japan surrenders, ending WWII...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's war-time writing continues to encourage people.
Years after Bonhoeffer's death, people still recall the courage of a pastor who was willing to actively resist the evils of the Third Reich. Decades ...
After an opponent dies following a fight in 1743, John ("Jack")Broughton introduces boxing's first rules.
The Ancient Greeks support boxing as a sport when they include it in the Olympics as a early as 688 BC.
Polish mathematicians help Britain's Alan Turing create a decoder to the Enigma machine.
Tone kills himself rather than be hanged as a traitor, and becomes a martyr.
The Nobles want freedom from the Catholic Church, freedom from undue tax burdens, protection of inheritance rights and due process of law.
Sir Walter Raleigh's ship is the flagship of the British fleet, which is smaller than the 130 ships in the Spanish Armada.
Ambrosius Aurelianus, a Roman, leads the Britons in battles against theAnglo-Saxons in the 5th century.
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