María Corina Machado from Venezuela became the 20th women laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. She was presented with ...

On Oct. 16, 1793, following her conviction for treason, French Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, was beheaded on the ...

On Oct. 16, 1793, following her conviction for treason, French Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, was beheaded on the ...

The Smithsonian’s portraits of women scientists give us a glimpse into the lives that helped shape modern discovery. Each ...

We think of the 1940s as World War II. But a lot more was happening in that decade. In Daviess County, more than 5,000 of us marched away to war and 226 of us didn’t come back. There were 30,245 of us ...

Nuremberg, often called ‘history’s greatest trial’, officially opened on October 18 1945. It held senior Nazi leaders to account for war crimes during the Holocaust.

The modernist novelist, art collector and saloniste held a high opinion of herself. Francesca Wade probes Stein’s life and ...

The late Japanese Empress Kojun received many lectures from academics and other experts, according to official records of her life published Thursday. The lectures included some 250 sessions conducted ...

2019 — Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge becomes the first to run the marathon in under two hours (1:59:40) ...

1986 — Walter Payton becomes the first NFL player to accumulate 20,000 all-purpose yards in the Chicago Bears’ 20-7 victory ...

The victory over the Axis powers in World War II came at a cost beyond the lives of those who died or were injured in battle.