Coretta Scott King, widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died in her sleep during the night of January 30-31, 2006 at age 78. Late last year, ... Read More

Saturday, January 28, 2006 will be the 20th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. Just over a minute after take-off, the U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger exploded; all seven ... Read More

In this history game, I'll give you ten hints and you try to guess the historical person. How many hints will you need to figure out the identity of ... Read More

At a price tag of $2.1 million, the famous Aston Martin car from the James Bond movies Goldfinger and Thunderball sold at auction in Phoenix, Arizona last week. The ... Read More

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, dictator for nearly a quarter century and infamous for his use of police terror and the frequent mass murders of his own people, was Time's "Man ... Read More

The swastika is an extremely powerful symbol. The Nazis used it to murder millions of people, but for centuries it had positive meanings. What is the history of the swastika? ... Read More

Thomas Edison (the inventor of the phonograph, the incandescent lamp, the first electric light, and many more gadgets) used Morse Code to propose to his second wife, Mina Miller.

Deep Throat was the informant who gave Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein information that helped to expose the Nixon administration's role in the Watergate Scandal.

Sunday, January 15, 2006 would have been Martin Luther King Jr. 77th birthday. Take a moment to remember him through a biography, quotes, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and his assassination. For ... Read More

I give you hints; you try to guess. How many hints do you need to figure out the historical person in my latest history game, Who am I?

U.S. President William Howard Taft, who weighed over 300 pounds, often got stuck in the White House's bathtub. To remedy this problem, Taft ordered a new one. The new bathtub ... Read More

In November 1922, Howard Carter discovered not just an unknown ancient Egyptian tomb, but one that had lain nearly undisturbed for over 3,000 years. What lay within King Tut's ... Read More

A collection of historic photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, showing damage from both the earthquake and the fire. Also included are pictures of people fleeing the city, ... Read More

The U.S. Library of Congress has chosen 25 films this year to preserve in the National Film Registry. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington selected the historic films for ... Read More

It has just been announced that comedian Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, will be the presenter at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 5, 2006. There ... Read More

As the Germans invaded the Soviet Union during World War II, mobile killing squads followed behind them to implement the Nazi's racial policies in the East. These death squads, or ... Read More

Charles Manson is a convicted serial killer who has become an icon of evil. In the late 1960s, Manson founded a hippie, cult group known as "the Family" whom he ... Read More

In 1921, popular silent-screen comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was arrested and tried for the murder of a young starlet named Virginia Rappe. The public was against him but the jurors ... Read More

Pancho Villa was a Mexican revolutionary leader who advocated for the poor and wanted agrarian reform. Though he was a killer, a bandit, and a revolutionary leader, many remember him ... Read More