On this day in 1975, Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opened in theaters. The film, a breakthrough for d
During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white” and
On this day in 1913, Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, led the first successful ascent of Denali (formerly Mt. McKinley), the highest point on the American continent a
On January 25, 1905, at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond was discovered during a routine inspection by the mine’s superintendent. Weighin
Martin Luther King Day celebrates the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an influential American civil rights leader. He is most well-known for his camp