Willie McCovey becomes the 12th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs. 1991 — Wimbledon breaks 114 years of tradition by playing on the middle Sunday of the tournament, a move forced by ...

Americans have grown less proud of their country's history or the way its democracy works over the past decade, according to ...

The Grant County Historical Society is hosting an event to mark America’s 250th anniversary. The History Hop will begin July ...

Ukraine and its European allies are looking to encourage investment in Kyiv's postwar recovery. The first tranche of an EU loan has already arrived with more deals on the table. But relations with ...

Take a multimedia tour of four still-functioning agricultural heirlooms — some of which predate the country’s founding ...

1962 — Jack Reed, a substitute outfielder, hit a homer off Phil Regan in the 22nd inning to give the New York Yankees a 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers in a game that lasted 7 hours, 22 minutes. It ...

Those who do not laugh at history are doomed to repeat it. These history jokes will provide the lessons and LOLs you need. A study of history shows that humans have always been hilarious. Why, there ...

At the National Museum of American History one day last July, an upright piano stood on a stage. Beside it, on a wooden pallet, was a strange metal contraption about five feet high. The Ring King Jr., ...