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.
The young life of this past pope took place in Nazi occupied Poland.
Karol had to get a job acceptable to the Nazi authorities running Poland.
The Germans tolerated no descent from the Polish clergy.
After Karol Wojtyla told his friends he was going to be a priest, they tried to change his mind.
As soldiers stormed into houses, rounding up young men, people were more afraid than ever.
In a world-changing event, Orville and Wilbur Wright brought their new airplane (Flyer) to the windy beach at Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina. It was ...
This "NASA Connect" video clip explains how the Wright Brothers succeeded, where other more notable people had failed, to solve the problem of powered...
Hear an original Wright Brothers' engine and learn how the world changed on Dec 17, 1903.
On the 7th of July, 1946, Howard Hughes took his new XF-11 for a test flight in the skies above Los Angeles.
Eva Cassidy died of melanoma-related bone cancer in 1996, at a time when very few people knew about her extraordinary talent.
At the age of 27, Yuri Gagarin became known around the world after he was the first person to fly in space.
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