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.
Louis XVII, age 10, dies from tuberculosis after 2 years in Temple prison.
Roosevelt orders MacArthur to Australia before the Japanese take over the Philippines.
Madiba, as Mandela is affectionately called, forms a close friendship with Pienaar which lasts until Mandela's death.
Passengers and provisions carried by the Titanic as she leaves for New York.
Apartheid, a system ofracial segregation in South Africa, ensures blacks cannot vote or travel freely in their own country.
Mandela believes thatarmed resistance-including violence- is the only way to endthe problems caused by apartheid.
In 1994, Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president through a democratic vote.
Margaret plans a career in politics after college, and marries Denis Thatcher.
Margaret begins in British politics as a Member of Parliament.
Margaret wins the race and is elected the first female British Prime Minister.
Belon and her family have no warning before the tsunami washes over them at a beach resort on the island of Phuket.
Marie Antoinette loses her head by guillotine seven months after French Revolutionary authorities execute her husband, King Louis XVI
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