History

American aviator Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean on this day in 1927, traveling from New York to...

In the deserts of Arabia, one man led a ragtag band of warriors to a great victory over the Ottoman...

It was 1642 when a small group of French settlers arrived on the Island of Montreal, beginning a journey that...

On a sunny summer day at the beach, the sound of the waves crashing on the shore is the perfect...

But it was a couple of years later, in October 15th, 1948, when brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the...

It was the summer of 1972 when the Rolling Stones released their album Exile on Main Street. Little did anyone...

IBM's chess-playing computer Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in the last game of a six-game match to claim a 3.5–2.5 victory (it won two games...

Nelson Mandela, whose efforts to end apartheid led to his imprisonment (1962–90) and earned him a share (with F.W. de Klerk) of the...

On this day in 1502, master navigator and admiral Christopher Columbus, long considered the “discoverer” of the New World, set sail...

Nelson Mandela is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the 20th century, not only in his...