Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, “addressed to the inhabitants of America,” was a 47-page dynamo presenting the recently ...

On Jan. 10, 1984, the United States established full diplomatic relations with the Vatican for the first time in 116 years.

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries' harrowing journey ...

Brush up on these Earth Day facts for April 22. E arth is a planet with an abundance of natural beauty. The luscious green ...

Human history is long and complicated enough that things which end up affecting us every single day are sometimes wholly ...

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Sure, but no other rose bush can boast 39 floats, 16 equestrian teams and 24 ...

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National Mathematics Day 2024: Date, history and significance (Konrad Jacobs / Wikimedia Common) Beyond Ramanujan, National Mathematics Day recognises the vital role of mathematics in our everyday ...

In 2012, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared December 22 as National Mathematics Day to honor the genius mathematician. Here, we are providing some facts regarding Ramanujan's life ...

Every year in December, the winter solstice occurs - the shortest day of the year for residents of the Northern Hemisphere, that is, including Ukrainians, and the longest day in the Southern ...

“The winter solstice marks the exact moment when half of Earth is tilted the farthest away from the sun.” On the shortest day of the year, the North Pole experiences 24 hours of night and the South ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...