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.
This is a trailer for the film, Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.
In July of 1940, Hitler's goal was to intimidate Britain. Britain's goal was to resist Hitler and to eliminate Germany's bombers which were flying ov...
Napoleon, wanting to invade Britain, believes it is possible to tunnel under the English Channel to transport his troops.
London was devastated by the Great Fire of 1666, which began - in Pudding Lane - on September 2.
In 1923, a major earthquake - known as the "Great Kanto" quake - devastated Tokyo and nearby Yokohama on September 1.
Thousands of years ago, the Great Library at Alexandria was "the world's first major seat of learning." Some historians consider it "the birthpl...
This clip is from GULAG, a documentary by Angus Macqueen which tells the story of Soviet forced-labor camps, and their prisoners, during the Stalinist...
This clip is also from GULAG, a documentary by Angus Macqueen which tells the story of Soviet forced-labor camps, and their prisoners, during the Stal...
When the Romans first built Hadrian's Wall, in the northern part of Britannia (England), they also constructed many different "milecastles" along its ...
On January 12, 2010, cameras at the U.S. Embassy, in Haiti's capital city, record in real time the impact of a devastating quake.
Despite rumors of a tsunami, following the January 12 Haitian earthquake, none occurred because this quake resulted from a strike-slip fault.
Five years after the people of Halifax buried so many of Titanic's victims, another ship caused a catastrophe in their own town.
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