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.
Learn more about horse races including the Triple Crown: the Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Derby.
Slave trading continues in British Colonies and in the American South, even after Parliament abolishes the slave trade.
On September 22, 1943, the Italian soldiers on Cephalonia believe the war is over; the Germans organize and bomb the Italians.
China has beautiful mountains once covered by trees, but many forest areas are being destroyed.
Mountain sickness, with its common symptoms of dry cough and shortness of breath, can strike above 8,000 feet.
Mt Rushmore is dedicated on March 3, 1933. Why would anyone carve the heads of 4 presidents on the side of a mountain?
Ayers watches the LA Philharmonic's rehearsal of Beethoven's Third Symphony and plays his violin in the concert hall.
During an encounter with Edward Hyde, before the murder of Danvers Carew, Gabriel Utterson learned the address of Hyde's home in the Soho district of ...
With royalties from her books, Beatrix buys Lake District property and in doing so meets and marries lawyer William "Willie" Heelis.
Mumbai (formerly Bombay) comes under Great Britain's control in 1661 as part of a marriage treaty.
Of all the mummies in the world, the most famous are Egyptian pharaohs such as King Tut.
Lewis Baker, a Tammany slugger, shoots Poole in the heart, which eventually kills him.
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