Today in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame big man Wilt Chamberlain managed to corral an NBA-record 55 rebounds vs. Boston ...

On 1874, Joseph Glidden received a patent for barbed wire, which altered the development of ranching on the Great Plains.

A new book by Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick tells the wild, little-known story of one of the most controversial managers ...

Golf wasn't always integrated in Denver, but a prominent Black judge and an Olympic track star helped get Jim Crow off the ...

On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot to death during a motorcade in Dallas; ...

Thirty three years ago, Spike Lee released one of the most important films in American cinema, the epic biographical drama X.

Two bacteriologists showed that mutations arise spontaneously in bacterial cultures, thereby disproving Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ...

For a franchise like the Dodgers that has existed for well over a century, there is seemingly no shortage of team-defining ...

As the Allies advanced through the Solomons in mid-1943, their next objective was Kolombangara. But what awaited them was a ...

1974 — Oilers 21, Bills 9 — Off to an impressive 7-1 start and favored by 10 points against an opponent with a losing record, Buffalo incurred an ugly upset loss as Joe Ferguson threw six ...

1938 — George Woolf, riding for regular jockey Red Pollard, leads Seabiscuit to a four-length victory over the heavily favored U.S. Triple Crown champion, War Admiral, in the Pimlico Special match ...

While the penny is no longer being produced, the grimy, circular piece of copper and zinc is getting the last laugh. Less ...