Today in History for Sept. 9: In 1087, William the Conqueror, England's first king, died in a riding accident in France. In 1776, the second Continental Congress changed the name of the United ...

Today in History for Aug. 28: In 430, St. Augustine of Hippo, the great early Latin Church father and one of the outstanding theological figures of the ages, died at age 76. It was St. Augustine who ...

The Titanic wreck was discovered on September 1, 1985, by American oceanographer Dr Robert Ballard and French diving engineer Jean-Louis Michel. The luxurious ship sank on its maiden journey from ...