A dispute over a small cannon in 1835 sparked the Texas Revolution and immortalized the battle cry “Come and Take It.”
On the 75th anniversary of the opening of the first McDonald’s, look back at the fast-food hamburger chain’s surprising origins as a barbecue joint.
McDonald’s is still going strong almost 80 years later, in part thanks to "gourmet burgers?" Have a look back at the fast-food chain’s humbler origins.
Check out six surprising facts about the flamboyant Mexican political and military ruler.
On the anniversary of the capture of Jefferson Davis by Union forces, explore 10 surprising facts about the Confederate president.
Japan’s bizarre WWII plan to bomb the continental U.S. by high-altitude balloons claimed its first and only victims, an Oregon church group, 70 years ago.
Seventy years ago, Allied aircraft embarked on a risky mission to drop food, not bombs, onto Nazi-occupied portions of the Netherlands.
On the 70th anniversary of Benito Mussolini’s execution, read about the Italian dictator’s final days and his body’s strange journey in the years after.
