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
The charismatic Bolshevik leader, born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, helped to overthrow four hundred years of tsarist rule in Russia.
Born on September 9, 1828, Leo Tolstoy was the writer of still-famous 19th-century Russian masterpieces. See him in this rare video from the Russian S...
Arrested and jailed for protesting without a permit, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used his time in jail to write a letter urging a change in how Americ...
President Thomas Jefferson asked one of his key aides, twenty-eight-year-old Meriwether Lewis, to lead an expedition west - all the way to the "wester...
Despite dreadful conditions and too-few horses, Lewis & Clark reach the Great Falls on June 13, 1805. Sacagawea soon makes a remarkable discovery, lea...
As the Corps of Discovery pushed forward, into the heart of the Great Plains, the explorers saw "little toy dogs.
With Shoshone horses and a Shoshone guide, Lewis and Clark forged ahead with their men.
Professor van Musschenbroek, from Leiden University, conducts a world-changing experiment which gives him a massive electric shock.
Lina Radke, a German-born athlete, refused to be intimidated by cultural limitations on females participating in sports.
Noah Brooks was a journalist who knew President Lincoln well and wrote about his personality.
Shortly before his inauguration as America's 16th President, Abraham Lincoln visited Philadelphia.
As Abraham Lincoln's funeral train made its way to Springfield, Illinois - where the President would be buried - one of the stops on its 1,654-mile jo...
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