We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland at the home of his parents located at 8 Howard Place.
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.
It's the Masters! Who planned this beautiful golf course? How did it come about? When Bobby Jones envisioned that Berckmans' Place (near Augusta, Geor...
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...
The James-Samuel farm, as it appeared in 1877, was the boyhood home of Jesse James.
An African-American legendary cowboy, Britton Johnson was born a slave in Tennessee but became a famous cowboy in Texas. He was one of many black Texa...
Is it possible for a person's hair to turn white overnight? Who were some of the famous people who reportedly experienced this phenomenon?
Captain John Smith could have been very helpful to the Pilgrims as they left their homeland for America. Because they could not afford his services, ...
Captain William Kidd was born in Scotland in 1645 and has an interesting story as a sailor, privateer or pirate. Did the courts judge fairly?
Henry Mucci needs Robert Prince - a man whom he calls my wonderful Captain - to plan the raid on Cabanatuan.
On June 7, 1900, Carrie Nation walked into a Kansas saloon and starting smashing bottles of alcoholic drinks. Her first husband was addicted to alcoho...
Background on Catherine of Aragon, the first of King Henry VIII's six wives. She was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
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