Learning from difficult moments lies at the core of great leaders. Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin explores how resilience and the ability to persevere became essential leadership traits for Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt.
I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.-Robert Scott
More than just facts and figures, these statistics highlight the massive scale of Titanic's ambition—and of its tragic sinking.
For at least the first hour after the iceberg collision, the ship's crew downplayed the danger. Many passengers remained optimistic.
When disaster struck the Titanic in April 1912, a network of people mobilized to help save lives and care for survivors.
The NBA star will be the first professional male athlete to be honored with a Ken doll in his likeness.
The singer, who first appeared on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart in 1961, broke the record for longest span of appearances on the chart with the release of his new single.
The nearly 100-year-old endangered Galapagos tortoise, a resident of the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932, became the oldest of her species to ever give birth.
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