Hopes for a quick end to the Civil War were shattered on July 21, 1861, when Union and Confederate forces clashed in northern Virginia at the First Battle of Bull Run.
In 1941, legendary New York Yankees slugger "Joltin' Joe" DiMaggio made baseball history by scoring a hit in 56 consecutive games.
Check out nine facts about the brief and bloody life of the legendary outlaw.
From an Oscar-winning scriptwriter to a hardboiled detective novelist.
From an 11,000-year-old temple complex to a mystifying Irish megalith, here are seven lesser-known world wonders that stand as a testament to the engineering prowess of the ancients.
On July 2, 1881, newly inaugurated President James A. Garfield was mortally wounded by a deranged gunman as he prepared to board a train in Washington, D.C.
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