Ice halts shipping in rivers and canal in 1936, Ghandi killed in 1948, space shuttle explodes in 1986, snow closes schools ...

Long before he pioneered the Civil Rights Movement or won the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Jr. spent three of his ...

In Harlem, New York, while signing copies of his first book, “Stride Toward Freedom,” Izola Ware Curry stabbed King with a ...

MLK Day coincides with Donald Trump's Inauguration Day, drawing attention to both events. MLK Day honours Dr. Martin Luther ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai arrived in Pakistan to join the country's prime minister as he launched a global conference to promote girls' education in the Muslim world. The summit ...

Parent company Akzo Nobel NV (ANNV) has requested the Board of the company to explore steps for a potential sale of the company’s powder coatings business and its international research centre ...

The Sentry was the season-opening event for the PGA Tour. And while the vibe might have been chill on the Plantation Course at Kapalua, the prize money was serious. This was the first of eight ...

Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93. Fukahori died at a ...

Nagasaki marks 75th anniversary of atomic bombing with a plea to world leaders Japan's Nihon Hidankyo, organization of atomic bomb survivors, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize About 15 years ago ...

This time last year, much was made of a then-16-year-old Littler potentially taking home £500,000 for winning the competition, though he eventually had to ‘settle’ for the runners-up prize of ...

who would be awarded the Nobel for chemistry and the Nobel Peace Prize, was his doctoral adviser. Dr. Karplus’s marriage to Susan Karplus ended in divorce. She died in 1982. Their two daughters ...