Morten Hillestad was clinically dead when rescuers found him with no heartbeat and a body temperature of 13.7°C (56.7°F), far below what's normally su...
The film's soundtrack became one of the best-selling albums of all time with over 40 million copies sold. Travolta's white polyester suit became so ic...
Initially elected democratically, Marcos declared martial law in 1972 and ruled as a dictator until being overthrown in 1986. His wife Imelda became i...
Dr. Joseph Murray transplanted a kidney from Ronald Herrick to his dying twin brother Richard at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Because they were identi...
Communist forces surrounded the royal palace and threatened to execute 1,000 students unless the king signed abdication papers. Michael complied and w...
Using the 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, Hubble identified Cepheid variable stars in Andromeda, proving it was millions of light-year...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally created through a treaty signed by Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Transcaucasia. This massi...
This purchase added about 29,670 square miles to the U.S., completing the continental boundaries. The land, now part of Arizona and New Mexico, was pr...
In retaliation for American raids on Canadian towns, British forces systematically torched nearly every structure in Buffalo, leaving around 1,000 res...