In 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform killed 11 workers and caused a blow-out that began spewing crude oil into the Gulf…
In 1995, a truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and more events that happened on this day in history.
Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, warning colonists that British Regular troops were approaching…
Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert splashed down safely in the Pacific, and more events that happened on thi…
In 1947, the cargo ship Grandcamp blew up in the harbor in Texas City, Texas, and more events that happened on this day in history.
In 2013, two bombs made from pressure cookers exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line, and more events that happened on this day in history.
The “Black Sunday” dust storm descended upon the central Plains, turning a sunny afternoon into total darkness, and more events that happened …
A huge fire ravaged a historic factory in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Monday.
Netflix have confirmed that 'Bridgerton' will return for a third and fourth series.
Prince William has told his children their great-grandfather Prince Philip “is an angel now” following his death on Friday (09.04.21), as he and his wife Duchess Catherine and breaking the news to their brood "gently".
Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst, and more events that happened on this …
Prince Philip was a "funny man who liked to laugh and make others laugh", according to Gyles Brandreth.
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…
In 1896, the first modern Olympic games formally opened in Athens, Greece, and more events that happened on this day in history.
