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.
According to Herodotus, coins were first minted in the ancient Kingdom of Lydia (located in today's Western Turkey).
John Lackland, the English King who agrees to the Magna Carta, acknowledges that Kings and Queens are subject to the rule of law just like everyone el...
King Tut's death mask has an inscription on its back and sides.
Klaus Barbie, who headed the Gestapo in Lyon, France (between 1942-1944), is also known as the "Butcher of Lyon.
Kobie Coetsee, in charge of South Africa's prisons in the mid-80s, began a dialogue with Mandela which eventually freed the prisoner from his life sen...
On the 28th of August, the skies near Krakatoa finally began to clear. Aboard theGouverneur Generaal Loudon(the ship's official name), Captain Lindem...
Several ships are at sea, in the vicinity of Krakatoa, when the volcano dramatically erupts on August 26, 1883. Ships are in danger from the volcano's...
Captain Lindeman makes a crucial decision which saves the lives of his passengers and his ship (theG.G. Loudon).
After Krakatoa's stupendous explosion - on the 27th of August, 1883 - the volcano spewed out another monstrous pyroclastic flow.
As a result of the Krakatoa eruption and resulting tsunami, the Fourth Point Lighthouse meets a terrible fate.
Kristallnacht begins in Germany on the 9th of November, 1938. What was it and why did it begin?
Krakatoa's tremendous volcanic eruption causes a devastating tsunami on August 26, 1883. It also produces the loudest-ever-reported sound when the isl...
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