In the 16th century, Spain was the world’s naval power, one of the world’s oldest navies. The Spaniards, the conquistadores, defeated mighty empires like Aztec and Inca. So Lapulapu’s victory in ...

John Tubman is remembered in history as Harriet Tubman's first husband. Uncover why he chose not to join Harriet on her ...

Portuguese Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail to India in 1497, Christopher Columbus (pictured) made four transatlantic voyages to America from 1492-1502 and Ferdinand Magellan was the ...

These are the events and people that shaped the history of travel, from early pilgrimages and the Age of Discovery, to the advent of air travel and modern space exploration.

28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1520, Ferdinand Magellan entered the Pacific Ocean ... In 1942, a fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston killed 492 people. Most victims suffocated ...

Growing up, many of us hear about historical events that sound real, so we take them as fact. Yet, in … Continue reading ...

FILE - Francisco Oropeza, center, is escorted from the San Jacinto County courthouse by Sheriff Greg Capers, right, after a hearing May 18, 2023, in Coldspring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip ...

GREG LOVETT/PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Galle, the son of a Wellington attorney, was 17 years old when he killed Mirlaine Julceus, 45; Filaine Dieu, 46; Vanice Percina ...