Milestones in World History

The epic battles between the ancient Persians and Greeks were about more than dominance and riches.

The flawed decisions taken before Pope Clement VII foreshadowed political and clerical upheavals in Catholicism and Europe.

The assassination of the Austria-Hungarian archduke in Sarajevo by a nationalist Serb ignited the greatest war that the world had ever seen.

The East German politician Günter Schabowski's mistaken answer to a press conference question became the most innocent fault in the history of the world.

The beginning of the dark ages was ushered by this anonymous Roman bowman.

German aviator Mathias Rast achieved what Napoleon and Hitler ambitiously coveted but woefully failed.

Unlike the ancient Egyptian and Romans, the Medieval Europeans demonized and dismissed cats, but that would cost them their lives.

The invention of the atomic bomb led to a terrible event that most wished it never were.

What led to the heinous crime of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. by James Earl Ray?

The year is 1891, and Nicola Tesla is about to make a breakthrough by inventing what's to come to be known as Tesla Coil.