The Salem witch trials of the 1690s saw 20 victims executed, 19 by hanging. Far more interesting, horrifying, and awful is that Mr. Giles Corey, who "refused to enter an innocent or guilty plea," was ...

More than a millennium ago, legendary Norse Viking Leif Erikson forever changed the course of history when he fearlessly embarked on a daring expedition into the unknown, becoming the first European ...

President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday designating October 9 as Leif Erikson Day to honor the Norse explorer who reached North America 500 years before Columbus. The proclamation ...

On 1795, Pinckney's Treaty with Spain settled Florida's northern boundary and gave navigation rights on the Mississippi River ...

Somebody eventually had to knit the whole world together. North and South. Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The person who launched that adventure was Christopher Columbus. Critics will point out his ...

This year's celebration of Columbus Day falls on Monday, Oct. 13. Columbus Day is a holiday for both federal and New Jersey government workers, marked with the closings of offices deemed nonessential.

When Christopher Columbus sailed westward from Spain in 1492, he did not expect to find paradise. He was looking for a shortcut to Asia, a new route for spices and gold. Instead, he stumbled onto ...

The Jaycees Feargrounds Haunted House has opened its creaky doors at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds in Sioux Falls. Terror 29 is welcoming ghoul-seeking guests to its ...

Every day has a story. A date on the calendar carries its own echoes from the past. But what makes October 9 stand out? What events unfolded on this day across decades and centuries — in distant lands ...

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signed a proclamation Thursday of the upcoming Columbus Day holiday, pointedly foregoing a similar honor for Indigenous American history introduced under his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.

Spartacus fans have a major reason to celebrate this Winter season, as the eagerly anticipated House of Asher will finally drop on Starz in December. But, before the fan favorite historical action ...