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.
A bacterium, Yersinia pestis, causes Bubonic plague; the oriental rat flea transmits the disease to humans from black rats.
From the ancient to the modern world, people have tried to understand rabies, but it remains a mysterious albeit deadly illness. At least today, we kn...
Luigi Galvani believes that a frog's leg twitches because of electricity inside the frog while Alessandro Volta believes the electricity comes from ou...
Pvt. Joseph McDonald receives the radar message from Opana Point but cannot get anyone to believe him about the incoming Japanese planes until it is t...
Questions remain about the Allied lack of action toward the death camps, but all the clues are not available until after the war.
Despite internal opposition in Iran, Americans help Britain to remove Mossadeq from power. This action damages America's relationship with Iran.
Mossadeq upsets Britain by taking back control of Iran's oil; the U.S. agrees to partner with Britain to overthrow him.
Once...Iran had a good relationship with the U.S., and that bond grew through World War II.
Most likely beginning in the Gobi Desert, the plague spreads throughout Asia and then Europe following trade routes.
The stele (a stone or slab) is on display in the Louvre and considered one of its most treasured possessions.
Bodies of the Romanov family remain in a shallow grave until 1979, when they are found.
Because no one is sure what has happened to the Tsar's children, people begin to wonder whether some of the family members have survived.
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