Today in History for Nov. 3: In 1580, English explorer Sir Francis Drake returned from his voyage around the world. In 1640, England's Long Parliament -- the name given to the fifth and last ...

1957 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. She didn’t didn’t survive. 1967 The Battle of Dak To begins. It is one of the bloodiest ...

The constitutional wonks at Buckingham Palace have served up an interesting stew in the wake of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s ...

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), affixes stickers to the elected members of parliament at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July ...

While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws officially still ...

The 2024 General Election was one of the most dramatic in British history, as voters turned away from the two traditional ...

Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture has been strained by Oct. 7 and the rise of the far-right. What happens if Germany ...

Today is Thursday, Oct. 30, the 303rd day of 2025 with 62 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, ...

Funkadelic's ‘Chocolate City,’ ‘Let's Take It to the Stage,’ and ‘Mothership Connection’ — a trio of albums that transformed ...

The election of Catherine Connolly, a member of the Irish parliament since 2016, marks the elevation of a vocally anti-Israel ...

A Johns Hopkins scholar believes a skillful understanding of history can translate into practical tools for confronting ...

Alexandre Portier, the lawmaker leading the French parliament’s inquiry into the theft, said the heist had left a "wound." ...