The Titanic's sinking claimed over 1,500 lives. There were well-known people among the casualties.

We look back on the stars who died this year, including Gene Hackman, Michelle Trachtenberg, Val Kilmer, Angie Stone, David ...

On April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, killing over 1,500 passengers and crew members. Also, on this ...

Ancient Greek history is full of the names of great minds: philosophers, scientists, statesmen, generals, historians and ...

Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and ...

Her commitment to education extended to all ages. In 1922, she opened Fort Worth’s first nursery school for Black children – ...

History has had it out for the tomato. One of the earliest-known European references to the food was made in 1544 by the Italian herbalist Pietro Andrea Mattioli, who first classified it as a ...

Newton’s father had died before he was born ... Isaac Barrow, Cambridge's first professor of mathematics, steered Newton away from the standard undergraduate texts and towards the big unsolved ...

How he died: John Candy died at age 43 in 1994 from a heart attack, according to People.