Description: When during the night of the 8th of February 1904 the relatively small Japan launched a surprise attack against the behemoth Russia and its neutral fleet at Port Arthur, it marked the ...

In this last part of our series on recently digitized books from the Wenner Collection, we are focusing on works that ...

Even though he was under age, he enlisted in the 19th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and his responsibilities steadily ...

A century after the famed composer wed Ellin Mackay, a Catholic heiress, their marriage offers a window into how Jewish ...

DOHA: Qatar's merchandise trade balance, which represents the difference between total exports and imports, recorded a ...

The three men admitted a charge of handling stolen goods, referring to vehicles and vehicle parts belonging to persons unknown. The last known address for both Zidonis, 25, and Slenys, 26, was given ...

Test transmissions before 2RN went live on New Year's Day 1926 allowed the new station find a core team of presenters and engineers ...

The other day I opened the comments section beneath an article in The Wall Street Journal. I usually don’t open comments sections except by accident, but I was looking at a fluffy article--the top 10 ...

The National Trust is marking the 125th anniversary of the Lizard Wireless Station with a month of special on‑air activity and public ...

As the first quarter of the 21st century comes to an end, Mohamed Aboul-Ghar, a prominent physician and intellectual, reflects on books that caught his attention over the past 25 years.

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES. The first significant application of controlled electricity in Cleveland was telegraphy, which made its appearance in the city in 1847 on the premises of the ...

On Sunday, April 14, 1912, Titanic was five days into her maiden voyage to New York, sailing with 2,208 passengers and crew onboard. She was the largest ship the world had ever seen. As most ...