Today in Music History for Jan. 29: In 1925, Lois Marshall, one of Canada's leading sopranos in the 1950s and '60s, was born in Toronto. She died of cancer on Feb. 19, 1997.

Today in History for Jan. 25: In AD 749, Emperor Leo IV of Byzantium was born. He led the Eastern Christian Church away from iconoclasm and towards a restoration of icons. In 1533, England's King ...

As far back as the late 1950s, after the first Disneyland theme park opened in Anaheim, California, Japanese entrepreneurs had wanted to bring Disney to Japan. The first serious bid in 1962 was led by ...

Presenter and former editor of The Independent is leaving flagship show but will continue to host ‘University Challenge’ ...

Forty years after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday was signed into law, the work to protect voting rights and pursue ...

MLK Day is on Jan. 19 in 2026. As a federal holiday, all banks, courts and most non-essential services will be closed.

Discover the untold Nigerian football history. The 1983 Flying Eagles, not the '94 Super Eagles, first broke the World Cup ...

More than four decades ago, scientists in Antarctica recorded a temperature so extreme it still stands as the coldest ever ...

On the University of Alabama campus, you’ll see one year referenced over and over: 1831. The school opened for business and began classes April 18, 1831. But it was actually founded a decade earlier ...

A Kentucky child who went missing in the 1980s was found alive after an investigation by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Michelle Newton, who disappeared with her mother at 3 years old, was ...

Few songs from 1983 are as well-aged and still well-loved as this entry on our list of power ballads. “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” by Bonnie Tyler is a power pop masterpiece that made it to the Top 10 ...

The Houston Rockets have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers (and have one not part of any numerical series for Houston assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson) since ...