For this week’s edition of This Week in History, I would like a moment to commemorate the first female president of the US of A. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Isabella, what are you talking about ...

Hundreds of thousands fill the streets of Prague as communist rule begins to buckle, while a rival’s challenge in Westminster brings the Thatcher era to an abrupt end. Princess Diana sits down with ...

An unlikely figure enters Downing Street as Britain’s new prime minister. Communist rule crumbles in Prague, and years later crowds in Kyiv ignite the Orange Revolution. In London, the Litvinenko ...

IT’S TIME FOR THIS WEEK IN HISTORY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM. THIS WEEK IN JANUARY 1781, THE BATTLE OF COWPENS MARKED A SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINT IN THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN IN THE ...

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: This Week In History: Veterans Day fetes return of Gulf War veterans ...

This week in history, on October 21, 1967, University of Connecticut students travelled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the March on the Pentagon, where more than 100,000 people rallied to ...

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: This Week In History: Douglas X-3 Stiletto on display on Oct. 5, 1975 ...

RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Quaker Meadows was the main gathering point for the Overmountain Men who fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain in October 1780. The Overmountain Men were mainly ...

This Week In History: A 70-foot, 2,900-pound inflatable vinyl gorilla was attached to the top of the LeVeque Tower in Columbus in November 1987 to promote the Ohio-based Rax roast beef chain. The ...

IT’S TIME FOR THIS WEEK IN HISTORY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM. THE CLASSIC HOLIDAY POEM, “A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS” WAS FIRST PUBLISH ED ON DECEMBER 23, 1823. THIS WELL-LOVED POEM ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Week In History: On Jan. 4, 1987, Janet E. Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman to serve as a judge of the Franklin ...