People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
Through the massacre of the Muslims, the Latin/Frankish Kingdom of Jerusalem is born.
In 1810, King Kamehameha the Great unites the Hawaiian Islands and creates the Kingdom of Hawaii.
In an unjust trial, the revolting peasants are found guilty and put to death.
The Wright brothers win the race to develop the first heavier-than-air powered flying machine.
After WWII, Korea is divides into North (Russian control) and South (US control). The Russians refuse to reunify, while the South forms a new democrat...
General Kuribayashi, believing that he will die on Iwo Jima, writes farewell letters to his wife; he allegedly commits suicide rather than surrenderin...
There are ultimately 38 American pilots in the Lafayette Flying Corps who fly for France in WWI.
The Russians win Berlin, and the last days of Hitler follow.
The Challenger Disaster could have been avoided on January 28, 1986. Cold weather worsens O-ring failure possibilities. Engineers ask NASA to delay th...
With his second wife, the white woman Helen Pitts Douglass, "The Old Man Eloquent" continues to live at Cedar Hill.
Laura Brown, a character in the novel "The Hours," begins to blur the world of Mrs. Dalloway with the reality of her own life.
Read a poem about the life of Lauren Ashley McCain, a 20 year-old freshman in International Studies.
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