The Birth of a Nation Starring Nate Parker, Armie Hammer & Penelope Ann Miller Directed by Nate Parker R In theaters Oct. 7, 2016 In 1831,...
East German officials today opened the Berlin Wall, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. The following day, celebrating Germans began to tear the wall down....
On November 8, 1951, Yankees catcher Yogi Berra is voted the American League’s most valuable player for the first time in his career. St. Louis Browns’...
A spontaneous national uprising that began 12 days before in Hungary is viciously crushed by Soviet tanks and troops on this day in 1956. Thousands were...
On this day in 1964, residents of the District of Columbia cast their ballots in a presidential election for the first time. The passage of the...
Gwendolyn Graham is sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for killing five elderly female residents of the Alpine Manor Nursing Home near Grand...
On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of...
On this day in 1991, the so-called “perfect storm” hits the North Atlantic producing remarkably large waves along the New England and Canadian coasts. Over the...
The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, is dedicated in New York Harbor...
In an event alternately described as one of the most heroic or disastrous episodes in British military history, Lord James Cardigan leads a charge of the...