However, the plot was revealed in an anonymous letter and Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of ...

Focusing on reform of the electoral system to improve the conditions of the working class, the release of the Peoples Charter in 1838 had prompted the creation of the national working-class Chartist protest ...

The mutiny quickly spread throughout the Kiel naval base, and within days tens of thousands of sailors and workers had joined the ...

Prior to the launch from Alexandra Palace in London, television had been in experimental stages. The BBC's launch of regular programming set a new standard for the medium and was a key part of the BBC’s broader mission to bring new forms of entertain

The 26 year old Tsar Nicholas II inherited an autocratic government, which had long resisted democratic reforms, and a society that was increasingly dissatisfied with the existing ...

Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the mutilated victory of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in ...

Announcements were made before, during and after the radio broadcast that the events in War of the Worlds were fictitious, but it was clear that these warnings went unheeded by ...

Created by writer Ren Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo, the story of Asterix is set in 50 B.C. and follows the adventures of the warrior Asterix from a small village in Gaul (modern-day France), during the time of the Roman Empire's ...

Because Americas part of the agreement was kept secret, Khrushchevappeared to have lost. The reality is that both sides made ...

By the summer of 1987 it had become public knowledge that the Soviets had bugged the new building with technology that the United States was struggling to ...