Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
A large number of firemen - 343 to be exact - die on September 11, trying to save people from burning buildings following a terrorist attack.
Bessie Coleman, a pioneering aviator, was born 125 years ago on January 26, 1892. In 1921, she became the first African-American female pilot. To make...
German Enigma operators sent their messages, via Morse Code, in groups of five letters. Polish cryptologists were able to intercept and understand the...
AnItalian team is the first to reach the second highest point on earth, K2, in the summer of 1954.
A made-up newspaper article provokes Fish to write an incriminating letter to Gracie's family, which leads to his capture.
By the mid-1800s, Five Points (at the intersection of Park, Worth and Baxter Streets) is known as New York City's most notorious slum neighborhood.
After the famous flag-raising, the battle for Iwo Jima continues for 31 more days and several of the flag raisers die in combat.
Bundy and McNamara insist that America go in fighting; the Vietnamese only want peace, but cannot defeat Viet Cong without American help.
The heroic actions of Flight 93's passengers avert another strike on a Washington, D.C. target - most likely the Capitol.
Since the death of her father, Katniss is responsible for hunting and gathering food for her families even though the government forbids it.
Many Russians free from German concentration camps must enter "Labor Camps" when they return home.
John Wilkes Booth, an actor, enters the Ford Theater Presidential box carrying his gun and a knife.
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