People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
Attila led the Huns for eight short but dramatic years, but his sons were unable to folllow in his footsteps.
Great things were expected of Attila, even when he was young.
Trailer for the film, "Aviator," by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo di Caprio.
Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, was no longer a young man when he returned from more than a decade of forced exile, in ea...
En route to his new job as America's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln took a whistle stop train tour from Philadelphia to Washington, D.
The American Constitution has a famous preamble, beginning with the words "We the People." Barney Fife has lots of trouble remember the words which fo...
What caused the conflict, known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn (or the Battle of the Greasy Grass), led by LTC George Custer and Crazy Horse?
Englands king, Henry V, believed he had a claim to French territory.
General Robert E. Lee had a serious problem.
Thousands of soldiers died in the longest battle of medieval history, fought near Hastings, on the 14th of October, in 1066.
The Bayeux Tapestry - several panels of embroidered art joined together to form one story-telling work - provides a pictorial record of the famous Bat...
In this historic footage, from the U.
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