A few months ago, the grandson of one of the survivors of the Bataan Death March traveled from Northern Virginia to Japan with an old photograph in his hand. It was a grainy picture of a young Japanese boy who helped save his grandfather's life.
Historian Scott Lund has released evidence to support his theory that Da Vinci's last three paintings have been found to form a complete solar grouping that represented constellations during the solstices and equinoxes at the time of the Catholic church's Grand Jubilee celebration of 1500 AD.
Thousands of inner city students in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and D.C. will have the opportunity to see HAMILTON-thanks to a $6 million grant.
Harriet Tubman isn't the only one who is about to receive recognition for her historical achievements...
People who fled Vietnam 30 to 40 years ago are helping a new generation of refugees who are also fleeing violence, this time in Syria.
Virginia was pining for her husband when she wrote this breathtaking letter 72 years ago - and he was amazed to receive it earlier this week.
The beloved movie star actress had always guessed that she was about 93 years old - but after finally seeing her birth certificate, she now knows she's 95.
With the exception of Queen Elizabeth II on the $20 note, Viola Desmond will be the first woman on a Canadian bill starting in 2018. This is why...
After triumphing over 50 much older kids in her regional spelling bee, 5-year-old Edith Fuller is on her way to the nationals.
Three Arabs in the Israeli government spearheaded an effort to ensure unobstructed payments for all the Israeli residents who survived the Holocaust.
Independence Day for America is marked every year by fireworks and merriment, just as John Adams had hoped it would be. 238 years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress, led by John Adams, voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence.
It can be hard to capture a child's attention when it comes to history, unless you make it fun. That's why this father has some tricks for parents.
83-year-old Bernard Darty has always felt indebted to the US troops who took back Normandy - so now, he is finally giving back.
Most people have never heard of Félicette the cat. Even the postage company got her name wrong thinking that she was a male feline named Felix.
A LEGO fan suggested the idea of honoring women pioneers of NASA-and the new set includes Nancy Grace Roman, Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride & Mae Jemison.
A number of US states are challenging the new health care law on Constitutional grounds. But, a very interesting Forbes article points out that the founding fathers who wrote and signed the Constitution actually authorized, for the good of the new nation's economy, the creation of a government-operated hospital service with a mandate for privately employed sailors to purchase health insurance.
Sometimes, when I am home alone, the red phone rings downstairs. It's a rotary phone from eBay. I bid $63.13 for it two years ago because we needed a land line for our alarm system. I am thinking about the red phone today as the world jibber-jabbers about the 40th anniversary of the first cellphone call.
Though it may seem like a fairytale ending, His Highness of Dubai was more than happy to help buy a tiny community center in Cornwall.
The Soviet military officer who single-handedly averted a global nuclear war, believing his intuition instead of the computer, has died at age 77.
The album "Both Directions At Once" was produced around the same time as some of his most momentous work.
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