Category: Incidents

George Sand, born Amandine Lucile Aurore Dupin in 1804, became one of the most influential writers of 19th-century France- yet her literary legacy is inseparable

In 1941, as World War II raged across Europe and North Africa, a 19-year-old woman working in near-total secrecy helped change the course of naval

When Charlie Dalin set out to race around the world alone, he wasn’t just facing towering waves and endless miles of open ocean — he

Dutch engineers have developed the world’s largest floating plastic collection system aimed at addressing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive area of ocean debris.

When the principal at Liam’s elementary school learned how the 5-year-old was doing, he couldn’t hold back his emotions.The news hit him hard. All he

At 66 years old, beloved comedian and television actor Dave Coulier is embracing something that once felt uncertain — relief. Doctors have confirmed that he

In 1960, thalidomide was being marketed around the world as a breakthrough drug. It was advertised as a safe and effective treatment for morning sickness,

Mary Reibey was born Mary Haydock in 1777 in Lancashire, England. At just 14 years old, she ran away from home and disguised herself as

Madeleine Albright was born Marie Jana Korbelová in Prague in 1937. When Nazi Germany occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939, her family fled. She was just a

It was a bitterly cold afternoon in Syracuse when a police officer noticed something that made him slow down. A woman was carefully climbing a