NASA’s Challenger Tragedy: The Memo No One Heeded
In July 1985, a memo landed on the desks of managers at a company producing rockets…
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Victims, Causes, Impact
Hundreds of pounds of fabric scraps, two months without emptying the waste bin, and a single…
Carl Lutz: Bureaucracy, Bravery, and Survival
When, in 1944, the Germans asked Berlin for permission to murder the Swiss consul, the answer…
Waldeck-Rousseau: The Architect of French Union Rights
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau left his mark on French history as a politician capable of bridging extremes. A…
Robert Burns: Scotland’s Beloved National Poet
The son of a bankrupt farmer who barely knew Latin became Scotland’s national poet. Robert Burns…
John Greenleaf Whittier: From Farm Boy to Iconic Poet
John Greenleaf Whittier travelled an extraordinary path from a poor farm boy in Massachusetts to one…
Henry Longfellow: The American Poet Who Translated Dante
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dominated nineteenth-century American poetry, gaining fame on both sides of the Atlantic. His…
Thomas Andrews: Titanic’s Architect and Tragic Hero
Thomas Andrews Junior went down in history as the designer of the world’s most famous passenger…
Mogadishu Snipers: The Story of Gordon & Shughart
On October 3, 1993, as two American Black Hawk helicopters crashed over Mogadishu, Sergeants Gary Gordon…
The murder of Davis Timmerman
In September 1941, the body of Davis Timmerman was found in a small store in South…