Explore the historic Victorian-style home built by Sebastian Wise in 1854, located in Alton's Christian Hill district.

On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, ...

In 1990, Ryan White, the teenage AIDS patient whose battle for acceptance had gained national attention, died in Indianapolis at age 18. In 1992, tennis great Arthur Ashe announced at a New York news ...

The Venus de Milo statue, likely dating to the 2nd century B.C.E., was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos. 1864: The U.S. Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S.

In the late 18th and early 19th century, Westerners were involved in extensive looting of Greek antiquities as the nation was ...