The opening ceremony was attended by the Lord Chamberlain and the Home Secretary, H. H. Asquith, who watched the Prince of Wales formally declare the bridge open while a parade of vessels passed underneath the raised ...

The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry ...

Constructed of granite-lined concrete and reinforced with steel, the vault is located at the centre of the building. Gold began arriving in January 1937, transported by the U.S. Army in a series of high-security rail ...

US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North ...

The aircraft used was a tethered hydrogen balloon named l’Entreprenant, operated by the French army’s newly established Company of Aeronauts, and it represented an innovation in military ...

Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Philosophy, otherwise known as a ...

Henry's joint coronation with his wife, Catherine of Aragon, marked the start of a 38 year rule, during which England experienced political, religious, and dynastic changes that dramatically altered the landscape of English ...

The two armies met near the village of Palashi, on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, in present-day West Bengal. Despite commanding an estimated 50,000 troops, his army was ineffective so the Nawab fled the battlefield and was later captured and ...

Congress formally recognized the Pledge when it was included in the U.S. Flag ...

St Paul’s Cathedral was completed in 1710, and was the first cathedral in England to be completed under the direction of a single ...