In the summer of 1989, Michelle Robinson was an up and coming lawyer at a Chicago law firm when she... more

July 22, 1942. The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto, transporting hundreds of thousands of Jews to their... more

In 1974, Betty Ford was thrust onto the world stage when Richard Nixon resigned and her husband, Gerald, rose from... more

Self-confessed sports geeks Elis James and Colin Murray are here to serve up the juiciest tales from the world of... more

In 1905, Eleanor Roosevelt married her distant cousin Franklin, beginning a remarkable and complicated union. During her husband’s years as... more

In 1842, Mary Todd married Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois after a stormy romance. Despite their many differences, the couple... more

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. We know the six wives of Henry the eighth as pawns in his hunt... more

In 1757, 26-year-old Martha Dandridge Custis was the wealthiest widow in Virginia when she caught the eye of George Washington,... more

June 24, 1535. A radical political uprising comes to an end when the city of Münster falls to an Bishop’s... more

In the spring of 1775, Benjamin Franklin left London for America after years of fruitless attempts to ease tensions with... more