Many memorable performances were fueled by “pep pills.”
Between 1910 and 1945, Japan worked to wipe out Korean culture, language and history.
The French emperor escaped his island prison in plain sight.
When Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in protest at the 1968 Summer Games, Australian runner Peter Norman stood by them. It lost him his career.
The Sonderkommando participated in the Nazi killing machine—and made sure the world knew what happened at Auschwitz.
Between 1932 and 1945, Japan forced women from Korea, China and other occupied countries to become military prostitutes.
If popular folklore is to be believed, he's a tattooed former sniper with a dark secret.
They cried. They reminisced. The master told Douglass he would have run away, too.
