The Act made it illegal to discriminate regarding the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, or national ...

The explosion was estimated to be four times more powerful than the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, making it the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded ...

Lees surrender to Grant encouraged other Confederate forces across the south to do the same and marked the beginning of the end of the American Civil ...

Great Westerns maiden voyage crossed the Atlantic in a record time of 15 days and five ...

Eisenhower likened the spread of communism in Southeast Asia to a row of dominoes quickly collapsing after the first one ...

The National Convention established the Committee of Public Safety with the primary objectives of maintaining public order, managing the war effort against foreign powers, and rooting out perceived enemies of the ...

The first sighting coincided with Easter Sunday, so Roggeveen and his crew agreed to name the landmass Easter ...

The Nazi Party founded a paramilitary organisation that became the Schutzstaffel, better known as the ...

Walpole was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. This made him the de facto Prime Minister and, while the title was not officially recognized at the time, Walpole wielded considerable power

With the cry of bread or blood! the women marched to the citys market district where they broke into government storehouses and nearby ...