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.
The British government in South Africa enacts race-based laws to oppress blacks in the country.
"Houston, we've had a problem," is how Apollo 13 lets mission control know about serious problems aboard the space capsule. Teamwork on the ground and...
Britons seek help from Angles, Saxons, and Jutes to keep out invaders, but those invited foreigners soon become invading intruders.
Mary is tried and convicted of treason; she is beheaded in 1587 and there are eyewitness accounts of her death.
First-century Judea combines Roman rule, Greek thought, Jewish tradition, and the Aramaic language.
The remaining 55 hostages are let go after 444 days, and Mendez receives honors for his rescue mission.
Learn about Marie Antoinette's royal childhood and see the three palaces where she spends her time.
Dostoevsky reads and copies a censored work promoting change in Russia, which results in his arrest.
When his main contact in America defects in Paris, Rudolf Abel is "found out." The FBI tracks him down, to his Brooklyn neighborhood, and arrests him ...
As far as scholars know, the first depiction of the death of Jesus - in illuminated manuscript form - is found in the Syriac Rabbula Gospels, from 586...
King Arthur, aRoman, leads the Britons in battles against theAnglo-Saxons in the early 6th century.
The artwork of Randolph Caldecott and John Everett Millais influence Beatrix's drawings.
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