353 - Prince - Music Royalty
353 - Prince - Music Royalty
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. He is w... Read more
11 Sep 2020
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16mins
352 - Karl I - The Last Emperor of Austria
352 - Karl I - The Last Emperor of Austria
Charles I or Karl I was the last Emperor of Austria, the last King of Hungary, the last King of Bohemia, and the last mo... Read more
10 Sep 2020
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25mins
351 - Ludwig Wittgenstein - The 20th Century's Greatest Philosopher
351 - Ludwig Wittgenstein - The 20th Century's Greatest Philosopher
Austrian-born British philosopher, regarded by many as the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. Wittgenstein’s two ... Read more
9 Sep 2020
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18mins
350 - Miss Dior - Resistance Fighter, Ravensbruck Survivor
350 - Miss Dior - Resistance Fighter, Ravensbruck Survivor
Ginette Dior, better known as Catherine Dior, was a French Resistance fighter during World War II. Involved with the Fra... Read more
8 Sep 2020
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19mins
349 - Ivan Pavlov - His Dogs and Conditioning Theory
349 - Ivan Pavlov - His Dogs and Conditioning Theory
Russian physiologist known chiefly for his development of the concept of the conditioned reflex. In a now-classic experi... Read more
7 Sep 2020
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24mins
348 - Soapy Smith - King of the Frontier Con Men
348 - Soapy Smith - King of the Frontier Con Men
Born in Georgia in 1860, Jefferson Randolph Smith went west while still a young man, finding work as a cowboy in Texas. ... Read more
4 Sep 2020
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19mins
347 - Blackbeard - Scourge of the Seven Seas
347 - Blackbeard - Scourge of the Seven Seas
Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coas... Read more
3 Sep 2020
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21mins
346 - Olga of Kiev - The Viking Saint of Russia
346 - Olga of Kiev - The Viking Saint of Russia
In today’s video we are covering our first Saint worshipped both by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, revered ... Read more
2 Sep 2020
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20mins
345 - Norman Borlaug - The Controversial Father of the Green Revolution
345 - Norman Borlaug - The Controversial Father of the Green Revolution
Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increas... Read more
1 Sep 2020
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20mins
344 - Louis XIV - The Sun King
344 - Louis XIV - The Sun King
Louis was the son of Louis XIII and his Spanish queen, Anne of Austria. He succeeded his father on May 14, 1643. At the ... Read more
31 Aug 2020
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23mins