Meet Annette Kellerman, the early 20th-century pioneer who broke swimming records, dove off 90-foot cliffs, and became the first woman to appear nude in a major motion picture.

In 1986, Mordechai Vanunu leaked details about Israel's top-secret nuclear program to the British press. He was later found guilty of treason and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

While working at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Sabrina Harman was infamously photographed with abused prisoners, including a pile of naked and hooded men.

The wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal died at the age of 38 — prompting her husband to build a grand mausoleum in her honor.

After the end of Reconstruction in 1877, some 20,000 Black Americans decided to escape the discriminatory policies in the South and made their way west, with many settling in Kansas.

Sparked by a publicity stunt performed by Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, flagpole sitting was a popular test of endurance in the United States during the 1920s, before falling out of fashion during the Great Depression.

The Iroquois Theater Fire is considered one of the worst building disasters in U.S. history and played a huge role in changing building safety standards.

On December 6, 1991, four girls were brutally murdered at an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas — and the case remains unsolved to this day.

Not only did Annie Malone introduce hair care products that were far gentler than the existing options for Black women, but she also opened up a chain of cosmetology schools to teach women how to care for Black hair.

On May 12, 1957, 28-year-old Alfonso de Portago violently crashed the Ferrari he was driving in Italy's Mille Miglia race, killing himself, his co-driver, and nine bystanders.