On October 20, 1986, a plane crash in Russia killed 70 people after pilot Alexander Kliuyev allegedly accepted a bet to land ...

In 1560, a man with one leg entered the French city of Toulouse with an unbelievable claim: Someone had taken over his entire ...

In February 2008, a man killed five women and injured a sixth at a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, Illinois, and the murder ...

Just after landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin activated a damaged yet crucial circuit with a pen — which has ...

Archaeologists excavating at Minas de Riotinto found eight sandals made of esparto grass that date as far back as 2,400 years ...

John Warnock left his job at Xerox in the early 1980s after his bosses shot down his idea for a programming language that ...

Some historians believe that Revolutionary War officer Friedrich von Steuben was gay, but his actions may have been ...

Archaeologists excavating the Don Yai Thong site in western Thailand's Phetchaburi province found two gold rings dating back ...

Beguines rejected the notion that they only had two paths in life by living together in religious communities without taking ...

Bradley Nowell died on May 25, 1996, at the age of 28, after overdosing on heroin in San Francisco, California.

Archaeologists exploring Celtic ruins in Allonnes discovered five pairs of shackles alongside other metalwork like spearheads ...

Archaeologists digging at the Vindolanda site in northern England found a 1,600-year-old relief carving of an ancient Roman ...