Discover pivotal events, influential figures, and narratives throughout History that have shaped civilizations and cultures across the globe.
The mass hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials led to the deaths of many innocent people. How many people died during the 12 months and who were the victims?
Just off the Maine coast, Malaga Island has a sad story to tell of hardships, poverty, and state-sanctioned racism.
As thousands of settlers traveled in wagon trains in their quest for a new life in the American West, adventure, excitement, and horror lay in wait.
Soccer has been played in some form for hundreds of years globally, but where did it come from and how has it changed culture along the way?
1970s cultist Jim Jones was a charismatic man who convinced hundreds to follow his lead, all the way to death.
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a brutal conflict that permanently changed East Asia. Here’s why China and Japan went to war for the second time.
One of the most brutal episodes in human history, what happened in the Belgian Congo under King Leopold II is almost beyond belief.
In 1514, the Portuguese king sent Pope Leo X an Indian elephant named Hanno. The animal became a symbol of the papacy’s moral bankruptcy.