A ship from Bordeaux carrying the plague, lands in Melcombe Regis (now Weymouth), Dorset. 1360: The Treaty of Brétigny ...

Due to a unique set of circumstances at the beginning of the 16th century, a teenage monarch inherited much of Europe, ...

The incident took place just before 1 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, according to authorities. A heavy police presence, along with several evidence markers, was seen in the area by ...

Cincinnati will soon build a long-planned $1.4 million memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. in Avondale, the city announced. The city wants the public's help in submitting historical photos and ...

Police said that at around 8:20 p.m., officers responded to reports of a collision involving two pedestrians at Martin Luther King Junior Way South and South Alaska Street. When police arrived ...

Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical drama Selma. On April 17, 2025, the actor sat down on the Breakfast Club Power 105. ...

In 1524, astrologers warned of calamity in southern Germany: floods and failed harvests ... Only three years had passed since Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, castigated Martin Luther at Worms for ...

In 1492, a contract was signed by Christopher Columbus and a representative of Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, giving Columbus a commission to seek a westward ocean passage to Asia. In 1521 ...

The family of Dr Martin Luther King have criticised far-right leader Marine Le Pen for comparing her ban from running in the 2027 presidential election to the US civil rights movement, describing ...

1521: Martin Luther arrives at the Diet of Worms assembly. 1705: Queen Anne knights Isaac Newton ... 1939: The Soviet Union proposes an alliance with Britain and France to counter Nazi Germany; Stalin ...

Sixty Aprils ago, it wasn’t called spring break. It was referred to as spring vacation, or Easter vacation. That April in 1965, the year we would all turn 18, three friends and I traveled from ...