As a reward, his Spanish benefactors, Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, said Columbus would be entitled to ten percent of all the ...

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) generally gets credit for finding America. In grade school, many of us learned this ditty: ...

Remains belonging to Star Trek legends, mainly the cast of the 1966 original series, have been sent into space. Which cast ...

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For 73 seconds, a crowd of excited Americans looked to the sky in wonder and awe as they waved goodbye to the crew aboard ...

Today in History for Jan. 26: In 1500, the mouth of the Amazon River in South America was discovered by Vicente Yanez Pinzon, a veteran of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the New World.

America 250 is the official, multi-year nationwide commemoration of the semiquincentennial that will culminate on July 4.

The stories of Spain's Queens illuminate the incredible power these remarkable women wielded during a time when their sex ...

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After Friss, the Nonfiction Series will continue with three other veterans of The New York Times best-seller list: acclaimed ...

The actual origin of the lemon is unknown. It is believed to be a native of South Asia, although some have suggested a ...

NASA and SpaceX will both provide livestreams as the Crew-11 astronauts depart the International Space Station today.