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.
In June 1970, Brashear becomes the first black Master Diver, which is the highest position in the diving community.
While Princess Bernice Bishop is last member ofthe real Kamehameha dynasty, Matt King is the fictional heir.
Schreck (which literally means "fright"), is the brilliant, creepy actor who brings Nosferatu to life.
A white man fatally shoots Medgar Evers because he works for the NAACP and is trying to gain equal rights for blacks.
Ancient Egyptians preserve their dead in the form of mummies, which allows the body to retain some of its soft tissue.
Although not the most important, King Tut is the most famous pharaoh. His mummy is maintained at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Twenty-nine Navajos enter the Marines to become code talkers in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
Neanderthals, believed to be an extinct species of the genus Homo, appear similar to modern humans.
Learn more about eleven of the Red Tail pilots.
Vikings are Scandinavians who sail from their lands to explore, plunder and settle other areas.
By 1932, Melvin Purvis is Special-Agent-in-Charge of the FBI in Chicago with the primary job of catching Dillinger.
Members of the League include Mina Harker, Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll, Dorian Gray, Rodney Skinner, and Tom Sawyer.
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