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
Haydn hopes Beethoven will acknowledge he was once Haydn's pupil. Apparently never forgetting his teacher's well-intentioned criticisms, Beethoven do...
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was 63 years old - and living in Vienna - when he started to compose his oratorio, "The Creation" (known as "Die Schpfu...
This image, from the German Federal Archives, depicts Heinrich Himmler at the Dachau Concentration Camp in 1936.
Helen Keller first realized the meaning of words when her teacher (Annie Sullivan) spelled “water” (w-a-t-e-r) in her hand on the 5th of April, 18...
Helen Keller became the first non-seeing, non-hearing person to enroll in an institution for higher learning - and then to graduate with a degree.
After revising his work seven times, Thoreau publishes Walden on August 9, 1854.
Henry Essex Edgeworth - an Irish cleric who was living in France - became Louis XVIs spiritual advisor during his final days. Although he (and others)...
In this scene from Kenneth Branagh's version of Henry V, released in 1989, we see the English king and his men assessing both French and English losse...
In this scene from Kenneth Branagh's version ofHenry V, released in 1989, we see the English king and his men assessing both French and English losses...
To celebrate the birth of his son with Queen Catharine, Henry VIII holds a jousting tournament at Westminster on February 12, 1511.
In 1520, Henry VIII had two living children - Mary (his daughter with Catherine of Aragon) and Henry FitzRoy (his illegitimate son with Bessie Blount)...
Hermann Oberth, one of the world's three "Fathers of Rocketry and Astronautics," became interested in his life's work when, at age 14, he read Jules V...
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