Hikers in France stopped and watched the Piton de la Fournaise volcano erupt, an ancient 'lost' city in Egypt has been unveiled, and more of t…
A look back at the life of Yuri Gagarin as Russia marks on April 12 the 60th anniversary of the first space mission in history.
In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died at age 63, and more events that happened on this day in history.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which included the Fair Housing Act, and more events that happened o…
The British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage, and more events that happened on this day in…
The deepest shipwreck dive in history has uncovered a WWII US Navy destroyer four miles underwater.
The marriage of the future British queen and her consort was part of an ancient tapestry of royal intermarriage in Europe.
The deepest dive in history has uncovered a WWII US Navy shipwreck four miles underwater. The USS Johnston was found east of Samar Island in t…
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, and more events …
The United States Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery, and more events that happened on this d…
St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones, who has been outspoken in her criticism of the criminal justice system’s “arrest and incarcerate” model, w…
In 1966, the U.S. Navy recovered a hydrogen bomb that the U.S. Air Force had lost in the Mediterranean Sea, and more events that happened on t…
BANGKOK (AP) — A Buddhist monk who was trapped by floodwaters inside a cave in northern Thailand for four days has been rescued by divers, a provincial official said Wednesday.
In 1896, the first modern Olympic games formally opened in Athens, Greece, and more events that happened on this day in history.
In 2010, an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine near Charleston, West Virginia, killed 29 workers, and more events that happened on this da…
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, and mo…
Paris Hilton has "never" had a love like her husband-to-be Carter Reum gives her.
In 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what turned out to be his final speech, and more events that happened on this da…
President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made safe for democracy,” and more events t…
Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home.
The United States Air Force Academy was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and more events that happened on this day in history.
At the conclusion of a nationally broadcast address, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared, “I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomin…
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John W. Hinckley, Jr., and more events tha…
Cardi B has slammed the US education system, accusing it of being "one-sided".
The last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War, and more events that…