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.
Napoleon needed to attack the Allied army, under Wellington's command, before the Prussians arrived.
Returning to Vienna, the thirty-five-year-old Beethoven responded to his growing deafness by surrounding himself with work.
It is said that when Beethovens Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna (on the 7th of May, 1824), the deaf maestro kept conducting even after the audience...
Continuation of Beethoven's Ninth, performed by the Bavarian Broadcast Symphony Orchestra with other leading musicians from Europe, America and Russia...
Continuation of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, performed by the Bavarian Broadcast Symphony Orchestra (with other leading musicians from Europe, America ...
Historians today rely on Beowulf to reconstruct long halls in ancient Anglo-Saxon villages.
The Soviet Army inflicts horrific damage on the German people as its troops advance to, then pass over, the Oder River.
Soviet forces approach the Berlin suburb of Potsdam and come closer to Berlin itself.
As German defenders continue their now-hopeless efforts, Soviet troops are nearly at Hitler's bunker.
30 years ago, the German people ended the life of the Berlin Wall.
This clip is another segment of the BBC's Breakfast News, broadcast on the morning of November 10, 1989.
NOTE: Due to its age, the first few seconds of this clip are grainy.
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