Panicked high schoolers were cramming about Julius Caesar's exploits as a Roman general and statesman after the error was discovered.

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive.

2004: Donald Trump, whose namesake building would be constructed on the site, watched as demolition began on the Chicago Sun-Times building along the Chicago River. Completed in 2009, Trump International Hotel & Tower is the second-tallest building in Chicago.

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm — and only Category 5 hurricane — ever recorded in the nation’s history.

Eighteen innings. Six hours and 39 minutes. We were treated to bonus baseball and then some in World Series Game 3. Seven years after the Dodgers and Red Sox set a World Series record with an 18-inning game in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium,

Stewart McLaurin knew it was coming. But the president of the White House Historical Association says it was still “jarring” to see the entire White House East Wing torn down as part of President Donald Trump's plan to add a ballroom.

Climber Jim Morrison and filmmaker Jimmy Chin discussed Morrison's history-making descent of Everest's north side on skis.

Numbers don’t tell the whole story, but they do hold some of the most important parts of history. They capture discoveries, disasters, reigns, and revolutions – little snapshots of everything people have done, built, or changed over time. In this quiz ...