Charles Manson was many things during his life: Petty criminal, hippie, musician, and eventual cult leader who was culpable in a series of shocking murders. Along the way, he became one of the most ...

Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Baker in 1926. She would go on to become one of the most famous actresses the world would ever see. From her trademark pout and platinum blonde hair to the ups and ...

The Civil War was a brutal, bloody conflict that threatened to tear the United States apart, just a few decades after the nation was born. The conflict left scars across the country that can still be ...

Regarded as a French heroine during the Lancastrian period of the Hundred Year’s War, Joan of Arc was born to a peasant family in northeast France. In her youth, Joan claimed that she received visions ...

However, thanks to the positioning of military academies like West Point, the South did have the edge in terms of military leadership. Although some of the generals we’re about to discuss had ...

It might be difficult to imagine that the swashbuckling, arrow-dodging Indiana Jones has any root in reality, but he does. Hiram Bingham III was a multi-talented professor, historian and accidental ...

Everyone loves a trip down memory lane to relive the good old days. The 1980s and 1990s were a very special time for the McDonald’s chain as it grew in popularity all over the world. Here’s a look at ...

Living to be 100 years old is no small feat. Only a few people ever live to see an entire century pass them by. So, there must be a secret to get that elusive third digit in age, since it’s a ...

Movie twists have been around since the inception of the film industry. A plot twist is a storytelling technique that keeps people coming back for more. The 1980s gave birth to a series of new film ...

These days, gatherings are typically casual, requiring little more than solo cups, paper plates, and Spotify. But back in the 1950s and ’60s, dinner parties were taken almost as seriously as weddings ...

The Golden Age of Hollywood was a magical time between the 1910s and 1960s that produced a lot of big-name stars. Actresses like Cary Grant and Elizabeth Taylor were international sensations. But what ...

There is certainly no shortage of literature and movies based on the Second World War. Even a history major at school would struggle to actually cover the breadth of covert operations that the Axis ...