The energy giant's fraud schemes wiped out $74 billion in shareholder value and thousands of jobs. Employees lost their retirement savings while execu...
At age 35, she became Prime Minister of Pakistan, breaking barriers in a male-dominated political landscape. Her father had been Prime Minister before...
The 61-year-old dentist received the Jarvik-7 artificial heart at the University of Utah Medical Center. He survived for 112 days with the device, whi...
The federation was created as British forces withdrew from the Persian Gulf after 150 years. In just 50 years, the UAE transformed from a collection o...
In a televised speech lasting over four hours, Castro revealed his true political ideology, shocking many who had supported his revolution. This decla...
After years of ruining careers with unfounded accusations, McCarthy was formally censured by a vote of 67 to 22. The term "McCarthyism" became synonym...
Enrico Fermi and his team created the first artificial nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, under the stands of a football stadium. The experiment lasted...
Named after the colorful mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who had complained that his ticket to New York landed him in Newark, the airport was built on a for...
After producing over 15 million Model Ts, Ford finally introduced a new design. More than 10 million people visited Ford showrooms on the first day to...
The abolitionist was executed for attempting to start a slave rebellion by seizing the federal armory. On his way to the gallows, he handed a note to...
In an unprecedented move, Napoleon took the crown from Pope Pius VII's hands and placed it on his own head, symbolizing that his power came from himse...
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the cathedral was built to replace the medieval structure destroyed in the Great Fire of London. Wren was 65 when co...
