On September 5, 1946 the world received and incredible gift of music in the form of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen.

Frederick Douglass began life as a slave. Through "forbidden" education, he was able to speak out for the abolition of slavery, giving Martin Luther King, Jr. the ability to have a dream, almost a century later. Now, less than 50 years after King's historic speech, Barack Obama will live the drea

We already know about Labor Day and VJ Day, but what about National Beheading Day? Or National Cheeseburger Day? These holidays get very little attention, so we bring them to the fore front!

The face of American Baseball changed in 1914 when a 19 year old George Herman Ruth, Jr. was signed to play for the Baltimore Orioles. Within 5 months, he was a major player with the Boston Red Sox and would eventually make history with the New York Yankees. Babe Ruth lived a rich life...

One of the most romanticized robberies in Great Britain occurred on August 8, 1963. Fifteen men successfully robbed a train that traveled between Glasgow, Scotland and London England. They almost got away with it. Sort of...

Five days after receiving and returning the Austrian Ultimatum, Serbia found itself the unwanted target of a declaration of war. Accused of being the cause of the death of Archduke Ferdinand, Serbia fought Austria in what would be the beginning of World War I. But, who was really responsible?

Ever wonder just what to celebrate on August 1st? What about August 14th? This article highlights some of the more...creative holidays, as well as some of the historic ones for the month of August.

What really happened in Chappaquiddick in the early hours of July 19, 1969? Or was it the late hours of July 18, 1969? Depending on whose timeline you follow, you still come up with the same result: Mary Jo Kopechne, dead at age 28.

Did aliens really crash down in Roswell, NM in July of 1947? What are the -real- facts of the Roswell case? Was it really a government cover-up? Or was the entire event staged by the government to fund UFO research?

At approximately 7:15am on June 30, 1908, a large explosion devastated vegetation in a 2,150 square kilometer area of the Tunguska River Basin. The blast was estimated to be between 10 and 15 megatons, yet no crater has been found. What caused this blast? What does the evidence say...