This snapshot, taken 87 years ago today, shows then-president Calvin Coolidge throwing out the first ball of the 1924 World Series at the now-demolished Griffith …
This candid snapshot, taken 49 years ago today, shows then-president John F Kennedy conferring with his brother and Attorney General Robert Kennedy, during an unguarded …
65 years ago today, the Nuremberg trails of Nazi war criminals ended, resulting in death sentences for 12 high-level Nazi defendants for crimes against humanity. …
One hundred years ago today, the Bayless Dam (also known as the Austin Dam) burst near Austin, Pennsylvania, killing 78 people and destroying more than …
This amazing photograph, taken 102 years ago today, shows an early airplane lifting off, piloted by none other than one of the Wright brothers. Though the …
This stunning–and foreboding–photograph, taken 96 years ago today, shows British troops advancing on the town of Loos through a cloud of poison gas, one year …
It may be hard to imagine at a time when gold prices hitting $1650 an ounce, but 142 years ago today the a bubble in …
208 years ago today, British East India Company troops under the command of Arthur Wellesley encountered the army of the Maratha Confederacy near Assaye, India, …
On this day 218 years ago, George Washington laid the first cornerstone of the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the future meeting place …
149 years ago today the bloodiest single-day battle occurred near Antietam Creek and Sharpsburg, Maryland, with over 23,000 American casualties incurred. This photo, taken shortly after …
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