Today in History for Dec. 3: In 1170, Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, returned to England after six years of exile in France. He would be martyred on Dec. 29 -- killed by soldiers sent by his ...

Today in Music History for Nov. 12: In 1818, English church organist and composer Henry Hemy was born. Of his several original compositions, the best known is the tune "St. Catherine," to which is ...

Today in History for Nov. 26: In 1539, in England, the monastery at the Fountains Abbey was surrendered to the Crown. It was the richest of the Cistercian houses, prior to the time of the Dissolution ...

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At dawn on July 12, 1943, the fields near Prokhorovka erupted as nearly 500 Soviet tanks surged into battle against Germany’s ...

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Oklahoma court tosses lawsuit over Bibles in the classroom after state refuses to enforce mandate - Oklahoma education ...

In November 2025, the funding law signed to reopen the U.S. federal government after a lengthy shutdown contained a provision ...

Historical trends suggest that Netflix's stock split will push its share price higher over the next year; Wall Street ...

Space exploration has changed how we look at the universe, but it's costly, and some of the most iconic NASA missions are ...

Surendra Koli, arrested in 2006 for the Nithari serial killings in Noida, was accused of murdering and cannibalising several ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - FirstEnergy will refund $187 million to customers, the bulk of which was for a grid modernization fee that ...