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.
In 1718, a battle occured between the British Royal Navy and Edward Teach (the pirate known as "Blackbeard").
So many people died in plague, in 1349, that there were not enough coffins to care for all the bodies.
Risking their own lives, Master Sgt. Gary Gordon and Sgt. 1st Class Randy Shughart are killed in action at the Battle of Mogadishu on October 3, 1993.
On October 3, 1993 Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. Durant is piloting his MH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, known as Super 64, in the skies above Mogadis...
This image is from the 10 October 1846 issue of the Pictorial Times. Its accompanying article, written by a Brit, blames Ireland for the famine which ...
Scientists make a stunning find when they realize a gift to the Smithsonian's National History Museum contains a highly preserved, blood-engorged mosq...
Having passed through Inferno’s Gate, Dante and Virgil soon see a ship coming toward them. It is helmed by Phlegyas, a ferryman on the Riv...
During the second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), when the Boers refused to surrender to the Anglos, the British rounded-up thousands of Afrikaners (Boers...
Borodino, a small village about 70 miles west of Moscow, was the site of a bloody battle during the Napoleonic Wars. It took place on September 7, 181...
Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as the sixth United Nations Secretary-General.
Bran Castle, a national monument, may have ties to the real Vlad III - also known as "Dracula" - but then again...
Patrick Magee, a member of the IRA, visits the Grand Hotel in Brighton about a month before the Conservative Party holds its annual conference there i...
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