CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Sept. 14 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 hurricane that hit Corpus Christi. The 1919 storm killed hundreds of people, many of whom drowned in the huge tidal surge that ...

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a progressive effort to enforce social reform via expanded federal power and popularly known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, ...

The American Legion, an organization of U.S. war veterans, was issued a federal charter by Congress on this day in history on Sept. 16, 1919, for its continued aid to wounded warriors and military ...

- The Molasses flood claims 21 lives and injures more than 150 people in Boston. A storage tank burst, gushing more than 2.3 million gallons of molasses that became tarlike, creating a 30-foot wave ...

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On this day, Oct. 9, in 1919, the Chicago White Sox lost the deciding game of the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds after eight Sox teammates conspired to throw the games. New York gangster Arnold ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston Commission on History approved a plaque on a downtown corner marking a 1919 race riot that killed three black Charleston residents and left dozens injured. In ...

Although Greenville was doing reasonably well a century ago, this nation was not in good shape. Looking back 100 years can, perhaps, put both in perspective. 1919 was not a very good year for America.

When Germany signed the armistice at 11:11 a.m. (U.S. time) on Nov. 11, 1918, at Le Francport near Compiene, France, church bells across Europe rang in jubilee. The conflict that had ravaged the ...

Germany emerged from the horrors of the 1914-18 war a thoroughly defeated nation, yet was quick to recognise the potential and benefits aviation would bring in peacetime. Immediately after the air ...

This is an expedition history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of expeditions to set it in its historical context. If ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Some of the most accomplished and revered runners in American racing history have displayed their brilliance in the historic Sanford Stakes, which will be contested Saturday at ...