You've probably accepted these nine occurrences as historical fact—but they're actually totally false, or at least highly embellished.

John Thompson was pivotal in basketball history and was so much more than a talented NCAA coach. Just departed, Thompson was the first African-American coach to win an NCAA championship when he ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For generations, Americans learned the same basic story about the end of the Civil ...