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.
Taking just over a year to finish, the Empire State Building is built in 1930 and is the tallest building in the world (for a time).
After Ebenezer Scrooge takes a trip with the Three Spirits, he decides to make changes in his life. He determines not to end-up like his partner, Jac...
Etruscans are the civilization of ancient Italy inhibiting Tuscany, western Umbria, and northern Latium.
In 1940, France surrenders to Germany and for the next four years Hitler's forcesoccupy two-thirds of France.
Balian surrenders Jerusalem when Saladin offers the citizens safe passage to Christian lands.
At Iwo Jima, photographer Joe Rosenthal captures the instant the replacement flag goes up while other photos and movies depict the original flag comin...
Wilberforce introduces a bill in Parliament to outlaw and end the slave trade.
Joan is found guilty but that is not enough for the English judge; he finds a devious way to make sure her sentence is burning at the stake.
The weapon that strikes the Black Hawks comes from Afghanistan; the Soviet Union gave them weapons. An associate of Osama Bin Laden trains the Somalis...
Frank Abagnale's first con is on his dad; he runs up $3,400 in charges on his father's Mobile gas card.
Russia sends the first man and woman into space, but the United States is gearing up to catch up, and pass them.
Africans lose the first trial, but abolitionists want them to be set free.
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