Famous People Story Briefs

An effigy on the tomb of Edward of Woodstock, the first Prince of Wales who was also known as The Black Prince, gives us a glimpse of how he appeared ...

On the 11th of December, 1936, King Edward VIII signs an Instrument of Abdication by which he gives-up the British throne. Then he speaks to his peopl...

Although he was a pacifist, who despised war, Albert Einstein also realized that if Hitler and his scientists were the first to discover how to build ...

This image depicts the second page of a letter - from Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt - which changed the world.

During the recent solar eclipse, scientists further tested Einstein's famous theory (which resulted from a thought experiment leading to the concept o...

Was General Eisenhower nervous or apprehensive, in any way, regarding the Normandy Invasion? He may not have expressed words, but he gives us a clue ...

A voice for the voiceless, Elie Wiesel died July 2, 2016. "The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference," is one of his memorable lines.

After she read the 1842 "Report of the Children’s Employment Commission," an appalled Elizabeth Barrett Browning published her poem, "The Cry of the...

Emile Roux, famous in his own right for helping children overcome diphtheria, was Louis Pasteur's chief assistant.

Emperor Meiji (1852 - 1912) was also known as Meiji the Great. He ruled Japan from February 3, 1867 to the day he died on July 30, 1912.

Theodora was one of the most-influential women of the ancient world. She was a champion of women's rights. She had laws passed which prohibited the tr...

Star of "Boardwalk Empire," Nucky Thompson becomes "the virtual dictator" of Atlantic City by protecting people engaged in the business of Prohibition...