On July 7, 2005, terrorists struck the London transit system, setting off explosions in three subway cars and a double-decker ...

This week marks the anniversary of the greatest battle in the United States’ Civil War. That battle, at Gettysburg, was ...

Alton’s first baseball action was in 1858 ...

Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of ...

1801 Former slave and acclaimed general and military tactician, Toussaint Louverture declares Haitian independence. 1865 Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt are hanged for ...

1865: Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell, David Herold, ...

Today in History for July 7: In 1438, the decrees of Basel were adopted by the Roman Catholic Church. They restricted the authority of the popes and imposed a degree of accountability on the cardinals ...

1307: Edward I dies aged 68. He is succeeded by his son Edward II. 1456: A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after she was burned at the stake. 1520: Spanish conquistador Hernan ...