The first official Mother's Day was May 9, 1914, according to Library of Congress records. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day to be one for expressing public “reverence” for mothers. West ...

The Iroquois Steeplechase was named for Pierre Lorillard’s Iroquois, foaled in Pennsylvania in 1878. The bay colt raced in England and was the first American-bred to win the Epsom Derby in 1881. He ...

I have been preparing and selling ‘Dr. Taylor’s Celebrated Horse Powders’ for nearly five years,” he wrote in 1878, “and am ...

Trains came to a halt, cars pulled to the side of the road and no plane arrived or departed in the Netherlands as the country ...

Trains came to a halt, cars pulled to the side of the road and no plane arrived or departed in the Netherlands as the country went silent for two minutes to remember victims of war ...

This is the story of the first day of the Somme Offensive, 1 July 1916 - the single bloodiest day in British military history ...

The anniversary of the end of the Nazi era comes at a pivotal time for Germans. The last of the survivors, liberators and ...

Amid reports that a U.S. peace proposal might include recognizing Moscow's illegal annexation of Crimea, President Donald Trump denied Ukraine was being pressured to accept the move — while also ...