On October 30, 1806, 5300 Prussian soldiers defending the city of Stettin surrendered to only 800 French soldiers commanded by General... Read More

KNOWN AS ONE of history’s most powerful empires, the Ottoman Empire grew from a Turkish stronghold in Anatolia into a vast state that... Read More

On Sept. 20, 1991, the Andrea Gail left port in Gloucester, Mass. for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The plan was to fill the hold with... Read More

The battle of Beersheba, 31 October 1917, was the first part of the wider third battle of Gaza (31 October- 7 November 1917). The British had... Read More

TheHill.comPoll-inspired cockiness and its hazardsBY W. JOSEPH CAMPBELL, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 10/15/20 09:00 AM EDT 325THE VIEWS... Read More

 Last fall, 70 years after the death of Harry Houdini, the Library of Congress released a home page devoted to the legendary magician as... Read More

October 30 is the 45th anniversary of the so-called “Rumble in the Jungle,” George Foreman’s 1974 heavyweight title defense... Read More

In the 1920s, despite the area's atrocious roads, a fair number of adventurous travelers were visiting South Dakota's Black Hills. But Doane... Read More

Not many Americans lived in Imperial Russia and most who did were diplomats at the U.S. embassy. But there were exceptions, such as the U.S.... Read More

Most Americans associate pumpkins with Halloween. But on a cold autumn day in 1948, a certain pumpkin located on a Westminster, Md. farm set... Read More

On October 29, 1969, a startling scene unfolded in a Chicago courtroom. A defendant who had constantly interrupted the proceedings at his... Read More

Black Tuesday was the fourth and last day of the stock market crash of 1929. It took place on October 29, 1929.1 Investors traded a record... Read More

The "Roaring 20s" that followed the end of World War I was a period of prosperity for most Americans. As the economy grew, stock prices... Read More

Nations often linger on their military defeats as long as, or longer than, they do on their successes. The Battle of Kosovo remains the key... Read More

Like a hatchling breaking out of its egg, the naked, freckled top of John Glenn's head squeezed through the neck of his bright orange flight... Read More

The Baroque sandstone Frauenkirche dominates the Dresden skyline today as it did in the past. The cranes and scaffolding which covered the... Read More

Ask people about Walter Raleigh and they’ll probably think, if not of a bicycle, of Clive Owen in Elizabethan garb, throwing his cloak... Read More

As the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs faced off in the World Series, photographer Maurice Terrell arrived at an almost deserted minor-league... Read More

There are a lot of great resources out there if you want to get a fuller, more detailed story about the history of philosophy. But here are... Read More

Last June, the Supreme Court made its ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, a case that asked whether Title VII of the Civil Rights... Read More