Jonathan is a Seychelles giant tortoise, a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise. He is currently the oldest living land animal in the world.   He was taken from the islands of Seychelles in 1882,...

This fall, parts of the United States and Central America have been and still are being ravaged and left devastated by the damage done by tropical storm Hurricane Ian. The continuous need for support from...

On this day, 1968, the very first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7, launched into orbit with three astronauts on board. The three were Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham. The mission...

On this day, 1926, Babe Ruth, the Great Bambino, hit three homeruns in a single game of the World Serie to set the record. His team, the Yankees, won the game 10-5 against the St. Louis Cardinals but went...

On this day, 1972, Ford's Model T, the most popular car of the early to mid 1900s, had its production record broken by Volkswagen. This day marks the creation of Volkswagen's 15,007,034th Beetle, with...

On this day, 1968, Representative Rankin Fite, Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, placed the call to the newly established number in Haleyville, Alabama. 1967 saw the Federal Communications...

On this day, 1903, Morris Michtom put his Theodore Roosevelt-inspired children's toy up for sale. With President Roosevelt's permission to use his popular nickname, Michtom coined his bear as the "Teddy...

On this day, 1924, archaeologist Howard Carter and his group unearthed the sarcophagus of Egyptian Pharoh Tutankhamen. The sarcophagus had a stone exterior and contained three coffins within each other....