May 25 and 26, 1959, saw the first meeting of the Research Steering Committee on Manned Space Flight. The committee was also referred to as the Goett Committee, as it was chaired by Harry J. Goett. An ...

Doug McCain, the eldest child of the late Sen. John McCain, has died suddenly at age 66, sister Meghan McCain confirmed this ...

Discover surprising historical figures born in the same year, from Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. to Marilyn Monroe ...

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The first Ford Ranger wasn't a pickup truck - it was a failed 1950s Edsel sedan that sold only 21,000 units before the brand ...

On May 20, 1995, President Bill Clinton permanently closed Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House after more than ...

More than 80 years after Alfred Hitchcock filmed “Shadow of a Doubt” in Santa Rosa, the thriller remains both a landmark of ...

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A previously unseen photo of Oscar Wilde as a student at Oxford has been found. The picture of the playwright among his ...

Former Cuban president Raul Castro has been indicted in the United States on murder charges, court records show, in a major ...

Red Bull Ampol Broc Feeney delivered a dominant win after taking pole position earlier in the day. The championship leader ...