Purdue University, which helped fund her historic 1937 flight, said it will send a team to a remote island in the South ...

Amelia Earhart went missing in 1937 while flying over the Pacific Ocean. Here’s everything to know about Amelia Earhart’s ...

India and Pakistan signed a peace deal after the end of the 1971 war. The conflict ended with Pakistan’s defeat and the ...

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 2. Check what happened today ...

Exclusive: Inside the search for Amelia Earhart’s airplane. Many attempts have been made to discover the famed aviator's fate, but never with the technological tools at Robert Ballard's disposal.

The corps was founded by Norma Helwig Glazebrook in 1950 ...

In the years before Amelia Earhart’s disappearance, pressure from her husband, as well as her own appetite for risk, led the famed aviator to fly well beyond her limited abilities.And, then ...

On Jan. 11, 1935, the aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip to Oakland, Calif., from Honolulu that she would complete the next day, becoming the first person to fly to the United States mainland ...

Air Race Classic is now in the history books. The all-woman race traces its roots back to the 1929 Women’s Air Derby when a ...

From Montezuma’s fall to the discovery of the Higgs boson, this week in history spans Aztec tragedy, American independence, ...