Red Air Force General Nikolai Kaminin was one of many players in the Soviet space program. His candid diary describes Soviet triumphs, setbacks, and reactions to the American program.
In September 1864, Jesse James rode into the small Missouri town of Centralia. There, 16-year-old James took part in one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War.
Scottish emigrant and abolitionist Allan Pinkerton founded America's first detective agency and brought down some of the country's most ruthless criminals.
