John Dillinger's crimes would help some poor Americans. Despite committing a series of crimes, and even a murder, the American public loved John Dillinger.
Sometimes women die while in the advanced stages of pregnancy. Before modern medicine, this was almost certainly a death sentence for the unborn baby as well.
But although hip-hop has never been bigger than it is right now, there is one era that, for many fans, will define it for decades to come: the early '90s.
A tree almost restarted the Korean war and caused tensions between the two Koreas and the United States to come to a head -- over a tree, and an axe murder.
Grunge asked what major event in US history Americans were wishing they had been around to witness. (Spoiler: The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic did not chart.)
Rapper and actor Heavy D was a popular artist in the late '80s and most of the '90s. He came onto the scene weighing 300 pounds and measuring 6'4" tall.
Delia Derbyshire was a woman from Coventry, England who had a natural talent for both music and mathematics. She transformed electronic music as we know it.
When rapper Mac Miller died on September 7, 2018, from an accidental drug overdose at just 26, it was the end of a years-long struggle: drugs, depression..
Have you ever seen ball lightning? The natural phenomenon is rare. It appears as a ball of light that moves horizontally across the sky before disappearing.
In the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States didn't drop its third bomb. That bomb's "demon core" would have its revenge on the scientists.
Early in his career, Sly Stone was heavily using and abusing drugs, causing him to miss out on shows and from working on albums he was expected to produce.
And although Nickelback's fans have stayed true throughout the highs and lows of the band's career, even fans can admit some of the songs aren't the best.
Prince Philip's mother married Prince Andrew in 1903 and after the couple had their five children, life would drastically change for the English princess.
Before the film's public domain status was capitalized on, it was mostly forgotten. After its initial theatrical release it became a failure at the box office.
On the occasion of Prince Philip's death at the age of 99, much ink has been spilled already to answer the question, "Why wasn't Prince Philip a king?"
With a childhood lacking affection and support at home, George Michael was surely unprepared for the attention that would be lavished on him as a pop star.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is a certified mainstream celebrity, and much of it has to do with his status as arguably WWE's biggest star of the Attitude Era.
The Arab Spring protests from 2011 were a major turning point in the Middle East and had an impact on several regions from Tunisia to Syria, Libya, and Egypt