Alton Aerial Transport Co. opened the flying field in 1925 ...

Today is Monday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2025. There are 107 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th ...

Altoona native Navy Cmdr. Thomas B. Rothrauff was named commander of the USS Pensacola, a landing ship. He had served in Vietnam and Europe and was a qualified Navy/Marine Corp/Army parachutist. 25 ...

Cry of Dolores, celebrated on the eve of Independence Day (Mexico). The beginning of German American Heritage Month, ...

A pocket chronometer known to be on board HMS Beagle when Charles Darwin sailed on the ship’s second voyage from 1831-36 is subject to a temporary export bar in the hope of keeping it in the UK. This ...

Today in History for Sept. 15: ...

In this episode of Opening Lines, John Yorke examines what finally led Darwin to write this pioneering work of popular science, and the impact it had upon his contemporaries. The programme features ...

From Brad Pitt to Prince William and Boris Johnson, many men look a lot better with a beard and now scientists have revealed ...

Neptune’s realm may never be tamed by Man, but Sir Francis Beaufort ensured seafarers have a way to measure the winds ...

I was down in London over the weekend and paid a visit to the National Portrait Gallery where I was determined to seek out the portrait of Charles Darwin the naturalist and great Victorian scientist, ...