We all watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve, but the ball has its own history that began well before Times Square and out on the high seas.

Kwanzaa didn't just appear spontaneously—it was specifically designed to heal a struggling community after the infamous Watts' Rebellion.

Before the term "snowboarding" existed—and at least 80 years before it was an Olympic phenomenon—people were surfing down snowy hills.

In 1854, Harriet Tubman helped her brothers and their families escape slavery on Christmas Day before they were sold.