Sometimes "silent as the grave" isn't just a metaphor. A team of student and professional history detectives -- led by Laura ...

On Feb. 19, 1803, displaced families from the Caamulus (Camulos) village in the Piru village were baptized at the Mission San ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

January 18, 1856 - Nebraska’s Territorial Legislature chartered the Bank of Florence on Jan. 18, 1856. Like other banks in the Nebraska Territory, it issued unsecured “wildcat currency” and financed ...

Historian Keith Lockhart is excited about a new year and another round of research into photos, postcards and photo-based illustrations from about a century ago, and often longer, in Delaware County.

100 Years Ago, 1926: Andrew Elliott, 46 years old, a lifelong resident of Rockdale, was found dead under the Rockdale bridge at 10.30 o’clock yesterday morning. Elliott to all appearances had fallen ...

Today is Sunday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2026 with 347 to follow. The moon is new. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Those ...

On this date in 2005, Compton emcee The Game released his groundbreaking debut album, The Documentary, under Aftermath/G-Unit/Interscope Records. As the first G-Unit ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 18, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: Jan. 19, 1993 Two ...

Ten years ago, New Jersey had the highest outbreak of flu in the United States, it was reported on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, At Overlook Medical Center in Summit, there were 17 confirmed cases of ...

Archaeologists and students recently uncovered an 18th-century Catholic mission in Texas — a discovery that clarifies a key chapter in the early history of the Lone Star State. Excavators from Texas ...