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.
Millvina Dean, the last-surviving passenger of Titanics maiden voyage, kept her treasures from the doomed voyage (and its aftermath) for ninety-six ye...
Although there were not enough life boats aboard the Titanic, at least 473 additional people could have been saved if all the places in the lowered bo...
After working at Herodium, an important archaeological site in Israel, Professor Ehud Netzer (of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem) located what he (...
It is said that "Soweto sneezed .
The story about la Bete was little-known outside France until a French-language movie (with English subtitles) was released in 2001.
When Elizabeth I left the throne of Britain, her country was a very different place than it had been when she first assumed power.
This trailer - for the film "Enemy at the Gates" - tells the story of a sniper legend stemming from one of the most horrific battles of World War II -...
John Boyne's novel - "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" - is now a major motion picture. This clip presents one of its trailer.
Basilio Vargas is 14 years old.
To feed her babies, a mother Tyrannosaurus had to find, and kill, her prey.
After his marriage to Anne Boleyn - and the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth - Henry VIII decided to look elsewhere for a wife.
Following the death of Franklin Roosevelt, who had recently won an unprecedented fourth term as Americas president, Harry Truman was sworn in as the c...
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