Lone mortar shell in Charleston opens 150th anniversary of Civil War
History Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Cannon roared today in Hartford, Conn., to mark the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the Civil War
Reagan centennial endowment reaches $100M goal
History Saturday, February 5th, 2011
The Ronald Reagan centennial endowment campaign surpassed its $100 million goal Saturday, hours before the Gipper’s 100th birthday
Challenger shuttle disaster at 25: NASA recalls darkest moments
History Friday, January 28th, 2011
In the span of a week, NASA is observing its three darkest moments in spaceflight, including today’s 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster
No pardon for Billy the Kid
History Friday, December 31st, 2010
Despite a flurry of publicity and public agonizing, 19th century outlaw Billy the Kid won’t be pardoned,
Iconic face of Rosie the Riveter poster dies
History Thursday, December 30th, 2010
A Michigan factory worker used as the unwitting model for the wartime Rosie the Riveter poster has died
Wanted: A Pardon for Billy the Kid
History Wednesday, December 29th, 2010Billy the Kid was a killer and a thief. So why is the governor of New Mexico thinking of pardoning him? Because he was also a snitch
Baboon god statue found in ancient Egyptian ruins
History Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Archaeologists have discovered fragments of a statue of a pharaoh and an ancient god during a routine excavation at what was once the largest temple in ancient Egypt, culture minister Farouk Hosni said on Thursday. According to Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, the fragments — the legs of King Amenhotep III and a bust of [...]
Tiny bone could unlock mystery of Amelia Earhart
History Sunday, December 12th, 2010
A tiny piece of bone could unlock the mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart, the pilot who vanished somewhere over the Pacific Ocean 73 years ago
Finding history: Web, vets help unearth war wrecks
History Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
HYDE PARK, N.Y. — Justin Taylan boots up his laptop computer in the climate-controlled comfort of a cafe and clicks on photographs of a World War II airplane lying in pieces amid a steamy jungle on the other side of the world. He browses through a series of digital images of the vine-entangled wreckage of [...]
U.S. apologizes for syphilis experiment
History Friday, October 1st, 2010
The U.S has apologized for an experiment conducted in the 1940s in which medical researchers deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates with syphilis