Piracy has been a profession for as long as humanity has had maritime trade but Egyptian fishermen recently made the news when they decided to fight back.
When Frances Perkins saw the women of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory jumping from a burning building, she made it her mission to improve worker safety laws.
Not a lot of information is available regarding Mary Washington, and most stories simply rely on George Washington's descriptions of her. So who was she really?
The world was left reeling after an airplane exploded minutes after it left JFK Airport on July 17, 1996. This is the tragic true story of TWA Flight 800.
Benjamin Franklin is famously remembered for inventing things like bifocals and the lightning rod. But did you know he also invented a flexible catheter?
Despite being constantly sold and purchased by different white families, Sojourner Truth's road to freedom was just ahead, and her story is one of bravery.
Michael Dukakis' life is so much more than a year spent campaigning to be president and a tank photo. This is the story of what happened to Michael Dukakis.
Amelia Earhart was a busy woman — breaking record after record and shattering barriers. So did she ever have time to start a family before her disappearance?
Where would humanity be, in this brave new world of Internet-connected absolutely everything, without the humble computer mouse? Thank Douglas Englebart.
Holes like caves, wells, sinkholes and pits can turn into death traps, with adventure turning into tragedy. Or, some holes have a more nefarious history.
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, had a deep love for animals. When his wife, Mary, was asked about his hobbies, she replied, "cats."
From bifocals to lightning rods, Benjamin Franklin invented a lot of things that we still use today. He invented swim fins when he was just 11 years old.
The British had competition from the French, whose colony, a fraction of the size of Britain's, was ready and willing to fight for supremacy in North America.
Although first ladies often have their own "pet projects," Evita Peron was more than a figurehead; she might have been Argentina's most influential first lady.
It took time for the Japanese high command to realize how devastating the new weapons could be. The residents of those cities, however, learned immediately.
Samuel Morse was inspired to invent a way in which people could instantly contact one another after a personal tragedy that struck when he was far from home.