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.
First-hand accounts of the Galveston storm exist in books in the Rosenberg Library.
Micky Ward, Dickie's half-brother, might lose his boxing career when police injure his hands.
After their hard lives, both brothers now train young fighters.
Micky becomes World Boxing Union welterweight world champion.
Two U.S. Air Force planes, one carrying bombs and one carrying fuel, collide mid-air and a nuclear bomb is lost off the coast of Spain.
The US military segregates black troops from white troops.
Read first hand how Minoru Genda plans the Pearl Harbor attack.
US soldiers ask for, but do not receive, proper equipment and weapons. This mission is like the Tet Offensive in Vietnam; poor policies are in place a...
Although the dangers of hexavalent chromium (also known as "Chromium VI" or "Chrome 6") have long been known, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&a...
PG&E passes out flyers to residents suggesting their chemicals are not harmful and even make them sound helpful.
While John Wilkes Booth remains infamous, 86 pages of his diary remain missing.
Operation Restore Hopes begins as a way to protect food supplies. Then President Clinton must order more soldiers and helicopters to Somalia.
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