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
Image of a lithograph called "Louis XVI and his Family in the Chateau du Temple," by Edgar Melville Ward.
As Henry VIII's troops continued to terrorize the Scots - after the Scottish Parliament refused to approve the Treaty of Greenwich whereby Mary, Queen...
Not long before he dies, Jackie Robinson writes the story of his life.
Worried about his own future, and his lack of patients, Dr. Fred Banting had an idea during the middle of the night. What he thought about led to the ...
Pee Wee Reese changed the way black baseball players were viewed by fans by befriending Jackie Robinson.
Lt. Col. Paul Bates, commanding officer of the 761st Tank Battalion, was impressed with Lt. Jack Robinson's influence over the men in his unit, so he ...
Japan believed that its home islands were safe from attack by Allied bombers because no plane could reach Japan. That is, until Jimmy Doolittle and hi...
Learn more about the author, James Joyce and his work Ulysses.
Learn about this famous author through the work of Ten Great Writers of the Modern World - James Joyce's Ulysses"
If James Joyce loved his town Dublin so much, why did he leave?
When he was 32 years old, James Madison (then a member of the Continental Congress) fell in love with the daughter of a colleague.
James Meredith wants to become the first African-American to enroll at Ole Miss, but segregationists have other ideas. Thus begins a battle between ci...
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