James Derham was born a slave in 1762 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At eleven years old, he was…

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On the evening before Halloween in 1938, American radio listeners heard alarming news of strange…

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As one of the wealthiest people of his time, Howard Hughes was born in 1905 to an American family…

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At least 140 people died attempting to cross the nearly 12-foot high, 27-mile long Berlin Wall…

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According to legend, in 1776 when America was on the brink of declaring its independence, George…

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It was 1933 and the Nazis were on a steady rise to power in Germany, but not without government…

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