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
Erich Maria Remarque's book was published in English with the title "All Quiet on the Western Front." It remains a popular story about the horrors of ...
Believing cocaine to have many health benefits, Freud introduced it to his friend, Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow whose disastrous dependency caused Freud ...
His story featured in "The Pacific," Eugene Sledge describes the harrowing battle of Okinawa. Finally ending in June of 1945, it is one of the most co...
In the small German town ofTrendelburg, a tall tower rises above its surroundings. It's the Trendelburg Tower - and - it's rumored to be the place wh...
The wife of Robert Louis Stevenson was married to someone else when she met R.L.S. in a small town near Paris.
This image depicts a scene from the investigation conducted by Nikolai Sokolov.
The railway carriage in which Germany surrendered to France, at the end of World War I, had been housed in a French museum.
Frances Mayes, author of "Under the Tuscan Sun," decided to change her life after the end of her first marriage.
Frances Adeline Miller Seward, the wife of President Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William Seward, was respected in her own right. Among other t...
Francis Gary Powers, flying military aircraft for his country, was a "Top Gun" by 1955.
On the 1st of May, 1960, Francis Gary Powers (1929-1977) was a U-2 pilot flying an American spy plane over the Soviet Union.
A currently unsung hero of the 18th century, who now has an award named for him, Francis Hauksbee experiments with static electricity and stuns audien...
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