Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 18. Check what happened ...

The siege of Constantinople begins during the fourth crusade. 1585: English secret service discovers Anthony Babington’s murder plot again ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

The Trump administration released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress called for 10 companies of expert riflemen to be organized and sent to Boston to assist the militia facing ...

George H. Cramer, German immigrant and Civil War major, helped shape Cape Girardeau as mayor, postmaster and civic leader, ...

Wikimedia Commons/Middleton, Strobridge & Co., lithographer; Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831-1874, artist The 47-day Siege of ...

The menu at Monterey Pass Steakhouse, opening Aug. 1 in Rouzerville, includes three varieties of steak and a solid serving of Civil War history.

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.