April 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord—the day ordinary men changed the world.

The American semiquincentennial begins now, marking the 250th anniversary of this country’s founding. Like the bicentennial ...

This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. Here's how it started.

The map itself is undated, but there are clues it was created in 1491: It quotes a book published that year, and Christopher Columbus may have consulted the map (or a copy) before his great voyage.

Sunny with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds W at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 71 °F (21.7 °C). Mostly ...

In March 1774, British Parliament punished the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party with the Coercive Acts, which closed the Port of Boston, reduced Massachusetts’ powers of self ...

Namma Metro Blue Line: The first phase of Namma Metro’s Blue Line, connecting Central Silk Board to KR Pura via Outer Ring Road, is expected to open by mid-2026. Meanwhile, the Yellow Line to ...

Two or three decades ago these glasses were the object of much discussion and debate about just how many of them were genuine mid-18th century creations and how many were later recreations of the ...

Until the middle of the 18th century marriages could take place anywhere provided they were conducted before an ordained clergyman of the Church of England. This encouraged the practice of secret ...

There are only dips in the level ground where those houses, rotten and forgotten, lie covered by a century's worth of ... inhabitants of the westernmost colony in what would become Canada.