On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the third U.S. moon-landing mission.

In 1925, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published. It would become the subject of several small and big screen, ...

Fifty-one years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 13 mission would have been the agency’s third Moon landing and lunar exploration mission. A movie and several books relate the story of this challenging ...

On this day in history, Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified — granting African American men the right to vote. The amendment declared that the "right of ...

On April 8, 1878, the Cincinnati Music Hall informally opened for 300 invited guests, with a grander opening happening a few ...

In our “This Day in History” series, we highlight historical news events—and the Foreign Affairs articles and book reviews written about them—for each day of the year. What happened on this date?

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On April 11, 1960, astronomers began the first scientific experiment that would search for ...

On this day, the Celtics tied the greatest single-season turnaround in NBA history, equalling a record set by the Spurs.

On this day in Celtics history, Dominique Wilkins hit the 25,000-point plateau, Chris Corchiani was born and Kelvin Upshaw re ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, power forward Paul Silas became the third player in NBA history to pull down 10,000 rebounds (fellow Celtic big man Bill Russell as well as Bill Bridges had ...

It was the first posthumous record ever to hit no. 1 in American music history. The release of “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” came just weeks earlier on January 8, 1968. The soul-folk ...

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