This video explores significant historical events involving the USA and Russia, including the Space Race, World Wars, and the ...

Since its inception as the Strictly Stock Division, what is now the NASCAR Cup Series has evolved into one of the most popular sports in the world. In the beginning, race cars were driven off the ...

History majors explore the past, seemingly able to move through time and space to understand distant societies and cultures, often becoming adept critical thinkers and writers during their rigorous ...

In 1964, as African nations gained independence, UNESCO brought together leading African and international experts to launch the General History of Africa, a visionary initiative to reframe the ...

To make good choices, companies must be able to calculate and manage the attendant risks. Today, myriad sophisticated tools can help them do so. But it was only a few hundred years ago that the risk ...

Three short animations exploring The Gunpowder Plot in 1605 - why it happened, the main events and the outcome for Guy Fawkes and the other plotters. Three short animations exploring The Great Fire of ...

One of the most versatile harmonica players in pop history is Stevie Wonder, shown here in Paris in 1963 at age 13. Charley Ley / Mirrorpix Many harmonica histories begin around 1100 B.C. with the ...

A new study suggests linguistic diversity reached its peak between 1000 B.C.E. and 1000 C.E. before declining Cool Finds Students in Florida Discovered a 400-Year-Old Intact Pot That Reveals Conflict ...

History told by the people who were there. For nine minutes every weekday, Witness History takes you back to moments which have shaped our world. Show more Witness History is a short BBC World Service ...

Frenchman Nicéphore Niépce produces first permanent photograph of a view from nature. Uses the photosensitivity of bitumen of Judea. January: Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot presents to the Royal ...

May-September: Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet's exploration of the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan takes them by the future site of Chicago. Joliet reports that a canal connecting Lake ...