Eli Whitney’s cotton gin was not as instrumental in pushing the United States to Civil War as many believe, a history ...

In 1794, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. In 1812, the U.S. government authorized the issue of America's ...

On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein, who would revolutionize physics and the human understanding of the universe, was born in ...

From 1925: The Spokane Chronicle trumpeted the news that “for 12 hours next summer, Spokane will be the golf and humor ...

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More signs with more history and more accessible storytelling aboutour nearly 400-year-old national historic landmark are ...

The Hamden location is closed for at least the next couple days management said though the brick oven site across the street and the Elis in Branford are open.

In 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. In 1883, German political philosopher Karl Marx died in London at age 64. In 1885, the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera “The Mikado” ...

1 827—The first Black-owned and operated newspaper in America begins publishing. It was Free­dom’s Journal. It published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829. Editors John Russwurm and Samuel ...