In 1937, Lazarus took its holiday displays beyond its windows and began decorating the building exterior with 2,000 feet of ...

On Nov. 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese ...

On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million ...

The White House Historical Association has paid $5.8 million at auction to reclaim a series of Norman Rockwell sketches that ...

Some notions that once felt far-fetched are now the norm, like insisting his government has a Department of War, imposing ...

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five months later. In 1889, Montana was admitted to the union as the 41st state. In ...

Why are presidents limited to two elected terms in office? The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limits the president to two elected terms in office (or for a maximum of 10 ...

A fierce advocate for the downtrodden during her husband’s presidency, Roosevelt spent her later years pushing for human ...

Historical archives continue to unveil stunning revelations about the most celebrated leaders in human history. Beyond the ...

Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the ...

It has been more than 88 years since the world's most famous female aviator, Amelia Earhart, and her navigator Fred Noonan, ...