Organized by the department store R.H. Macy & Co., the inaugural event was called the “Macy’s Christmas Parade” and was intended to be a way for Macy’s to attract customers and kick off the holiday shopping ...

Built to carry the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee, which provided a direct waterway link between the industrial towns of Shropshire and the Welsh coalfields, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is one of the most remarkable engineering achievements of the Industrial ...

Christie stipulated that The Mousetrap should not be adapted into other formats, helping to maintain its appeal as a unique theatrical experience. It holds the world record for the longest continuous run of any play, with more than 29,000 ...

Improved fencing systems were vital to the farmers who had headed west to settle in the Great ...

An Unearthly Child was the first of a four-part serial that saw actor William Hartnell take the role of the time-travelling Doctor ...

The British pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was killed during a battle with British sailors under the command of Lieutenant Robert ...

Within two decades, Edison's invention of the phonograph had spawned an entire industry built around the recording, distribution and sale of sound ...

The Occupation of Alcatraz was launched by a group of 89 members of the Indians of All Tribes in an attempt to gain control under the Treaty of Fort Laramie that had been signed in ...

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time at the Geneva ...

Railroad companies found it difficult to coordinate train schedules and prevent accidents as trains crossed different regions with varied local times, so adopted a solution to divide the country into four distinct time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and ...