Category Archives: Culture
Why Are We Still Talking About Plato 2,100 Years Later?
Plato’s statute stands outside the Hellenic Academy in Greece. Jon Hicks/Getty Images All of Western [...]
How King Tut Became a Pharaonic Rock Star Only After Death
King Tutankamun’s royal headdress is one of the best-known works of art in the world. [...]
Chairman Mao Zedong Used Death and Destruction to Create a New China
Mao Zedong, aka Chairman Mao, founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and ruled [...]
How Global Icon Coco Chanel Reinvented Women’s Fashion
Gabrielle Coco Chanel, couturier, in her preferred pose, lounging in a chair. George Hoyningen-Huene/Conde Nast [...]
Polio Doc Jean Macnamara’s Work Proves Viruses Can Be Vanquished
Dame Jean Macnamara worked tirelessly for the disabled, but it was her research that helped [...]
9 Heavy-hitting Facts About the Greatest, Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali fights Ken Norton in a heavyweight fight at Madison Square Garden on Sept. [...]
The Inconvenient Truth Behind Revolutionary Icon Che Guevara
Che Guevera has become the literal face of revolution. But his story is about much [...]
How Much Power Did Queen Elizabeth Really Have?
Queen Elizabeth II stands on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Platinum Pageant on [...]
7 Famous Folks Who Were Also Doctors
Several famous people started out life as doctors, including (L-R) Anton Chekhov, Arthur Canon Doyle, [...]
Why Emmett Till’s Murder Shook the Conscience of the U.S.
A young Emmett Till (left) is seen here riding bicycles with his friend Wheeler Parker [...]
Frances Perkins: The Unsung Creator of U.S. Social Security
Former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, left, with Eleanor Roosevelt at the 50th anniversary commemoration [...]
10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria ruled the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 and gave her name to [...]
The Tragic Life and Curious Death of Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes was, among many other things, an aviator, inventor, movie producer and one of [...]
Audie Murphy, From World War II Hero to Hollywood Hitmaker
Audie Murphy is still one of the U.S. Army’s most decorated soldiers. He earned the [...]