A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

Musician Peter Frampton turns 75 and actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan turns 59, among the famous birthdays for April 22.

This was his second voyage to claim lands for the rulers of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella. When Columbus discovered Puerto Rico he had many more ships and men with him then he had on his first ...

April 27 is Moehanga Day, the anniversary of the day in 1806 when Ngāpuhi warrior Moehanga became the first Māori to visit ...

A plaque erected to mark the opening of a new electronic library at the Attorney General’s Department was removed because the writing thereon was only in Sinhala and English, and Tamil had been left ...

He was known for gigantic and often controversial monuments, including some taller than the Statue of Liberty.

For Mary Ann Whitley, who wrote the book "Ohio Tales of the Titanic," the Buckeye State's connection to the Titanic runs deep.

Les Stone/Polaris Christopher Columbus, anchored somewhere along the island's Atlantic coast, upped sails to begin the long voyage back to ... Moore first visited Haiti in 1964 as a volunteer ...

In 1878, two nieces of Pope Pius IX ended their "begging tour" of the West in Omaha, where they could set up the first Order ...

April 17th marks a day filled with events that have significantly shaped the course of history across various continents and ...