There was a huge tennis match that took place in my hometown on September 20, 1973 that had major implications for women's sports.  ...

President John F. Kennedy on this night 50 years ago addressed the nation on African-American civil rights issues.   While we have come a ...

" Where they burn books they will also ultimately burn people.'   Heinrich Heine Today is the 80th anniversary of the day that 20...

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated ...

On this date in 1962 a USAF U-2 reconnaissance aircraft mission flown by Major Richard Heyser took 928 photos in six minutes over the San ...

As a child and godchild of historians, I have always believed it is important to know your history. It not only fortifies your self-este...

If you younglings are wondering why security is a major issue at every Olympic Games and what the moment of silence kerfluffle was abou...

As I've pointed out along with other trans people, after 40 years, ain't no love lost between trans women and rad fems and that wa...

Twenty years ago this month at a southwest Houston Hilton hotel in August 1992 a groundbreaking event occurred that not only laid the fou...