Ushered in with raids on Christian monasteries, the Viking Age came to an unlikely end centuries later with the Nordic warriors joining in the Crusades and fighting in the name of Christianity.
Consider how history might have been different had Martin Luther King Jr. not been assassinated at the age of 39.
Consider how history might have been different had Martin Luther King, Jr. not been assassinated at the age of 39.
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The Vikings coveted Constantinople but could never breach its walls. Only by becoming the personal bodyguards of the Byzantine emperor did the Nordic warriors grab a piece of its wealth.
On the anniversary of the opening of Ellis Island, learn about the first foreigner who passed through its doors, 17-year-old Irish immigrant Annie Moore.
The Detroit Red Wings played the first outdoor game in National Hockey League history in a most unlikely place—in the yard of a maximum-security prison.
