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.
Walter Raleigh helps uncover the Babington Plot and becomes a favorite of Elizabeth's; he attempts to form a settlement in the New World.
In the 1840s, Sir Richard Owen coins the name "Dinosauria" to refer to fossilized remains being found.
For 18 years, William Wilberforce pleads with Members of the House of Commons that Parliament must abolish the slave-trade. On February 23, 1807, Par...
Queen Elizabeth I did not think 12 million Africans should be taken as slaves.
People refuse to help each other or the sick and parents abandon children; no one is safe from the possibility of catching the plague.
Wolfe Tone and his colleagues rebel against British rule by forming the Society of United Irishmen.
What has caused the Ebola-virus outbreak in Yambuku? Scientists are not sure, even to this day.
Hitler underestimates Stalin and the Russian people when he plans to conquer the Soviet Union.
Refusing to grant access to individuals who can see how the Ukrainian people are starving, Soviet officials assure the world, and their own countrymen...
Port Royal, a center of activity for pirates of the Caribbean, includes the famousHenry Morgan who spends time there.
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