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.
The poem of Robert Dwyer Joyce - The Wind that Shakes the Barley - has been set to hauntingly beautiful music.
Thomas Boleyn, by all contemporary accounts, was a very ambitious man. This image presents a disputed portrait of him.
Playing a key role in supporting Henry VIII's decision to split from papal authority in England, Thomas Cranmer grants the King a dispensation to divo...
A scholar with impressive credentials, Thomas More becomes Lord Chancellor. That is before he disagrees with Henry VIII's position on papal authority ...
The Tigris River forms the eastern boundary of Mesopotamia. Here are some key facts about this important body of water.
Poor Laws, which Britain imposed on Ireland, caused many Irish people to lose their homes. Tim Downs was one of them.
John Starr March - a 48-year-old American postal clerk working on board Titanic - liked being "at sea."
About 100 years after the Titanic sank, a rare photo was found in the archives of the Mackay-Bennett's 4th officer. It depicts the remains of numerous...
Jack Phillips, Titanic's senior wireless operator, sent this urgent message at about 1:40 AM (local time) on the 15th of April, 1912.
This image depicts a victim of atrocities committed against Filipinos by the Japanese military during WWII.
John Boyne's novel - "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" - is now a major motion picture. This clip presents one of its trailer.
Benjamin Franklin came through for America when he negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with France on February 6, 1778.
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