List of All Articles with Tag 'history'

Airbus has just landed the biggest-ever aircraft order in the history of commercial aviation.

The singer has been criticised for using a term considered derogatory to the Irish Traveller community.

Irish partition meant landlords and estates were affected differently north and south of the border.

Hundreds of buildings in western France are declared uninhabitable following the rare earthquake.

In 1977, climber George Willig decided his next great challenge would be scaling 110 stories in lower Manhattan.

The fight for LGBTQ rights has been decades in the making. Meet a few of the trailblazers who won the battles.

Since its creation in 1499, Michelangelo's Pietà has inspired emotion, faith, and imitation through its elegant depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Yet few know the secrets that are still being uncovered about this centuries-old statue.

The term 'hat trick' is most associated with hockey, but that's not the sport that started it all.

Juneteenth has been celebrated since enslaved people in Texas were told about their freedom on June 19, 1865. Here's what you need to know about the holiday.

By the age of 34, Lorraine Hansberry was already the author of two plays that had appeared on Broadway. She should have been on course for a long and successful career—but tragically, that wouldn't happen. Still, her legacy has endured.

In 1993, Elton John had to abruptly end a concert in Melbourne 30 minutes early due to an uninvited swarm of insects.

In the Middle Ages, stealing a book was more like stealing someone’s car today. Now, we have car alarms; then, they had chains, chests … and curses.