It’s a grim calculation, counting those Americans who have died in service to their country, as targets of terrorist attacks, amid natural disasters or as victims of pandemic disease. Here are major ...

Following Republican victories in the 1930 midterms, Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives after ...

A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, killing more than 260 of the 350-plus American crew members aboard. One of the first ...

All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day. The Romans considered their expansive bathing rituals a hallmark of civilization. Almost every Roman ...

What were the key moments in the Great Recession, the most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s? Here are some of the most important milestones in a Great ...

Treasure hunters have been intrigued by the legend of Oak Island for more than 200 years. Some believe one of the greatest treasures of all time is hidden on this mysterious Island off the coast of ...

From Mesopotamia to Egypt and across the Middle East, these cities remain the focus of ongoing search and study, each shaped by forces that have made them difficult to recover. Discover the true story ...

Andrew Price stars in The HISTORY Channel's series Alone. Find out more about Andrew Price and the rest of the cast on The HISTORY Channel.

Every schoolkid has peered into a microscope and been awed by the hidden world of skin cells and squiggly bacteria. But microscopes are also critical tools for investigating the causes of disease and ...

In the Battle of the Aleutian Islands (June 1942-August 1943) during World War II (1939-45), U.S. troops fought to remove Japanese garrisons established on a pair of U.S.-owned islands west of Alaska.

World War II began just five months after the Spanish Civil War ended. Here are five key ways the conflict in Spain foreshadowed what would become the largest and deadliest war in human history.