On the afternoon of August 16, 1956, 17-year-old Larry Kempton of Leona Valley was driving with his mother, Bernice, along Palmdale Boulevar...
In 1897, a young French medical student named Ernest Duchesne submitted a ground-breaking doctoral thesis titled Contribution to the Study o...
At quarter past seven on the morning of March 23, 1918, the people of Paris were jolted by a powerful explosion near the Quai de la Seine. F...
This strange looking bike with an enormous chain wheel was designed for speed, and speed it did achieve. On July 19, 1962, French cyclist ...
Nobody knows the true motive behind Krishna Lal Adhikari's writing of Makaiko Kheti ("The Cultivation of Maize"). Was it mere...
Nuclear reactors in power stations use fissile radioactive isotopes to produce heat, which powers turbines to generate electricity. When the...
Since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, this global sporting event has continuously evolved, introducing fresh and dynamic ...
Aviation is an industry that thrives on precision, discipline, and adherence to strict protocols. However, there have been tragic instances ...
In European history, few love stories are as poignant and politically charged as that of Inês de Castro and King Pedro I of Portugal. Their ...
In 1754, Prokop Diviš, a Czech priest, attempted to control the weather but ended up inventing the lightning rod instead. Diviš was a past...
