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.
Although not the deadliest shipwreck, Titanic remains one of the most famous.
On the night of April 20, 2010, gas from a newly located oil find escaped from the wellhead (located at Mississippi Canyon 252), traveled up through t...
Eleven people died as a result of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and seventeen more were injured.
On April 21, 2010 - the day after the explosion - Deepwater Horizon was still burning.
Denis Thatcher accompanied his wife, the Prime Minister, on many trips throughout the world.
Some of the people who knew Denis Thatcher well - Bill Deedes, Bernard Ingham and Matthew Parris - agreed to talk about the Prime Minister's consort w...
In this clip, of interviews conducted by Carol Thatcher, some of Denis Thatcher's friends (or associates) describe the Prime Minister's consort.
On the 6th of December, 1992, a rushing crowd of activists completely destroyed the Babri Mosque in northern India.
Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) and its "slum" area (known as Dharavi) coexist.
Dharavi was once a mangrove swamp on the edge of Mumbai.
On August 19, 1942, the Allies attempted to successfully attack the German-occupied French port of Dieppe.
John Dillinger was in jail when his pals broke out of prison in Indiana (using weapons Dillinger had supplied).
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