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
St. Patrick's approach to life is simple: Believe in God and do His will. He shares this message with the people of Ireland.
Judas betrays Jesus, and the soldiers arrest him without resistance.
Does the United States know about the assassination of South Korea's President Diem before it happens?
Vincent's emotional state continues to decline, and he takes his last long journey back to Paris.
Ivan IV is a cruel murderer and an effective leader who strengthens Russia's stature at home and abroad.
Vincent's paintings improve as his mental health deteriorates, causing him to cut off part of his ear and end up in an asylum.
As lawyers for both sides fought, the case grew. Eventually 648 plaintiffs joined the lawsuit. (That did not account for all the people who had lived ...
On March 5, 1770, British Army soldiers kill five civilian men and injure six others in Boston.
Dickie Eklund becomes a promising boxer from the depressed city of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Read a poem by a 2007 McMullen County Sophomore English Class as a tribute to those killed in the Virginia Tech Massacre.
America captures its first U-boat, the U-505, off the coast of French West Africa.
After arguments over everything from a crown to a set of black pearls, Mary and Elizabeth's tombs now rest side by side at Westminster Abbey.
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