Following Republican victories in the 1930 midterms, Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives after ...

Annabelle is one of the world's most famous supposedly haunted dolls, but the real-life version looks nothing like the ...

In countless mummy movies, all it takes is a recitation from a book of spells to awaken the dead and unleash horror. Real ancient Egyptians also believed in the magical power of written words, but ...

Born into a wealthy banking family in Hartford, Connecticut, J.P. Morgan followed his father into finance and became one of the most influential financiers of the Gilded Age. He r ...

What are the oldest stories in the world? Some of these tales were written down in very ancient times, while others have been retold from generation to generation for tens of thousands of years.

On October 27, 1966, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” makes its debut on CBS and delights American viewers. The animated special becomes a seasonal classic, watched by generations of families ...

Horror is often dismissed as a genre of cheap thrills. Yet across dozens of novels and story collections, Stephen King has challenged that assumption. His unflinching portrayals of domestic trauma, ...

From 1951 to 1957, Americans welcomed Lucille Ball into their homes as the star of her groundbreaking sitcom, “I Love Lucy.” But Ball was more than the character of Lucy Ricardo, the quirky redhead ...

Matthew Perry, the 54-year-old comic actor best known for playing Chandler Bing on the sitcom “Friends,” is found dead in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home on October 28, 2023. Perry died from the ...

Before Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?” became one of the most famous comedy routines in American history, the duo tested it on family. One day in 1936, rising comedian Lou Costello asked his ...

On October 14, 1926, British author A.A. Milne publishes Winnie-the-Pooh, a children’s book about a bear of “very little brain” and his friends who live in the Hundred Acre Wood. Illustrated by E.H.

Explanations of the Tunguska event have abounded since it happened—including the idea that it was an exploding alien spacecraft. Scientists now generally believe a giant asteroid was responsible: The ...