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 French prime minister, Paul Reynaud, was still resisting Hitler - on the 12th of June, 1940 - despite significant advances Germany had made into F...
France celebrates "Bastille Day" every July 14th. Learn more about it with this humorous video clip from "Horrible Histories."
The North Atlantic seas south of Iceland were relatively calm on May 9, 1941 as a British convoy made its way from England to Nova Scotia.
Galileo Galilei was born at a time when people believed the sun revolved around the earth - a theory originally proposed by the Greek philosopher Aris...
Galileo wanted to convince church leaders that Copernicus was right.
When Galileo began to experiment with his new telescope, by pointing it to the sky, he made the world's first astronomical observations.
Gandhi urged a national strike after he returned to his country. The Amritsar Massacre soon followed.
Gandhi referred to South Africa as his second home, and it was there that the young lawyer decided to non-violently oppose a racially motivated law.
When he was 78 years old, Gandhi tried to mediate a rift which had developed between two of India's leading political figures.
Gandhi once told an associate (V.
Gandhi's stunning achievements, and his legacy of non-violent resistance, became a model for other leaders of oppressed people.
As he considered the best way to deal with South African discrimination, Gandhi developed communities of people from different races and religions.
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