Born on Sept. 26, 1840, in Germany, Thomas Nast arrived in the United States at the age of six. He studied at the National Academy of Design as a young man and, in 1862, began a fateful career with ...

Between 1939 and 1945, World War II devastated a significant portion of Europe and Asia. The rise of Adolf Hitler, the spread of Nazi ideology, the brutal ambition of the Japanese Empire, and the ...

Between the mid-1910s and the 1930s, an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica (EL) spread around the world, affecting more than 1 million people and leading to an estimated 500,000 deaths. The ...

Drought struck British India after a failed monsoon season in 1876, leaving crops withering in the fields and sending food prices soaring. When the drought extended through the next summer, millions ...

In the aftermath of the shock and outrage of the Watergate scandal, there was also a mystery. Who was “Deep Throat,” the secret source who leaked information to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward ...

On Dec. 3, 1968, Elvis Presley made a triumphant return to live performance with the NBC television special Singer Presents…ELVIS, widely known as the '68 Comeback Special. After years focused on film ...

Prehistoric wooden spears found decades ago in Schöningen, Germany were once thought to be around 300,000 years old. It was thus believed that they were made by an early human ancestor known as Homo ...

On August 22, 2002, at just 21 years old, Michelle Knight vanished from the streets of Cleveland, Ohio. For about 11 years, Knight was held captive in the home of her kidnapper Ariel Castro, along ...

Archaeologists exploring the numerous underground chambers at the ancient Chavín de Huántar complex in Peru have found evidence of ritual practices involving hallucinogenic drugs, confirming long-held ...

In 1987, the British tabloid The Sun published a shocking story.. Instead of juicy drama about Princess Diana’s troubled marriage, the public received the disturbing news that Nerissa and Katherine ...

The mosaic features several geometric patterns, the face of a woman, and the word “tyrphe,” which means luxury and indulgence. Murat Tekin, the head of the excavation team at Zile Castle Ancient ...

During a Boy Scout camping trip in 2001, 13-year-old Cody Clawson got lost in Yellowstone National Park. After spending more than 18 hours in the wilderness, Clawson was rescued by the last person he ...