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
Protesting what he considered an unfair constitutional separation of India's castes, Gandhi begins a to-the-death hunger strike on September 16, 1932.
Gandhi once told an associate (V.
During the "high water mark of the Confederacy," General Armistead (whose friends called him "Lo") leads his Confederate brigade toward the center of ...
During America's Civil War, General Robert E. Lee was commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
General Sherman devastated Atlanta during his 1864 "March to the Sea.
General Stonewall Jackson is known as one of the Confederate Army''s most-brilliant strategists and as General Lee''s right-hand man.
Newton discovered the concept of gravity, but no one before Einstein figured out what caused gravity.
George Jung as he appeared following his release from prison in 2014.
J.R.R. Tolkien and his friend, C.S. Lewis, both said they were influenced by the Scottish writer, and thinker, George MacDonald (who was already dead ...
Thomas Jefferson called George Mason (17251792), one of our truly great men.
This is the King's Speech which George VI broadcast to his people in Britain, and throughout the Empire, immediately after Britain's Declaration of Wa...
George Washington, born in 1732, was a "Founding Father" of America. Learn about his life, who he was as a man and his surprising role model.
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