Theodore Roosevelt, almost four years removed from the White House and running for a third term as president, survived a gunshot wound to the chest during an assassination attempt in Milwaukee on this ...

The stunning cherry trees of Washington, D.C., a gift from Japan that blossom spectacularly each spring in a cherished symbol of renewal, were planted by first lady Helen Herron Taft and other ...

Chronicle readers first learned of the Titanic disaster in this edition that went out sometime in the afternoon of April 15, 1912. And if these reports were to be believed it appeared the grand ocean ...

MINEOLA, Texas (KLTV) - The building which held First National Bank of Mineola stands today. It is the subject of this week’s Mark in Texas History with Mark Scirto. The First National Bank of Mineola ...

The dangers and pleasures of shipboard life will be illustrated in this New Zealand Film Archive compilation screening on our country’s maritime history. The lms date from 1912 through 2006 and ...

On Sept. 1, 1948, actor Robert Mitchum was busted for possession of pot at a “reefer resort” in Los Angeles. He was initially sentenced to a year in jail. It was reduced to 60 days, and he served 50.