On 21 September 1915, a British lawyer named Cecil Chubb went to an auction in Salisbury, England, reportedly hoping to buy ...

In the 100m, he was a serious proposition, contending for prizes at the Highland Games, the New Year Sprint and in veteran ...

On March 16, 1809, Napoleon wrote from Paris to his stepson, Eugene, asking him to send a letter to Auguste de Marmont – a ...

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With 28 seconds left in the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon, Baltimore Ravens cornerback Nate Wiggins batted away a pass from Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb near the goal line, making what ...

We have a history theme to our CNN Travel newsletter this week, from Istanbul’s Ottoman legacy, to the discovery of ...

Historical accounts of the eruption nearly 2,000 years ago provide a precise timeline that allowed recalibration of one of ...

While conducting excavations at a hospital on the Île de la Cité, in the Seine River, researchers discovered part of a wall ...

For dozens of editors and reporters, the anniversary of the first issue of The Times in 1851 has been a moment to look back. By Sarah Bahr Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and ...

Can you chip in? As an independent nonprofit, the Internet Archive is fighting for universal access to quality information. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, ...

John Curtis, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Utah. Six thousand years ago, one of the primary modes of transportation was the oxcart. By the time of America’s founding, the ride to the market or ...

A Nevada man who was a former public official at the Naval Information Warfare Center in San Diego was sentenced in federal court to 72 months in prison earlier this week for accepting hundreds of ...