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
Nazis killed Bonhoeffer at the Flossenburg concentration camp because he would not be silent about the wrongdoings of Hitler and the Nazis.
Nazis kill Bonhoeffer at Flossenburg concentration camp because he speaks against racial prejudice and is implicated in a plot against Hitler.
Charleston, Camden, Cowpens, Kings Mountain, and Eutaw Springs Indicator 8-2.5
From the age of 5 to 15, Beatrix spends summers in Scotland where she falls in love with nature.
Potter spends summers in the Lake District and uses its surroundings in The Talk of Peter Rabbit.
With help from France, Americans win their war of independence when the British surrender at Yorktown.
Japan surrenders on August 14, 1945, just eight days after the US drops an atom bomb on Hiroshima.
Rosenthal's photograph of Mt. Suribachi is famous, and survivors of the flag-raising return to the US to raise money for the war effort.
Susan and her sister Mary used the 14th Amendment to convince officials to let them register to vote.
Barrie meets Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her two boys at Kensington Gardens; he tells the boys stories of pirates, fairies and desert islands.
A statue of Teddy Roosevelt on his horse, Tex, sits in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
When Sacajawea and her French husband join Lewis and Clark, they speak enough languages to purchase supplies. In addition, Sacajawea bears her first c...
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