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The pneumatic tire and the chain drive, followed by the development of gears, revolutionized bicycling in the later 1800s. In the last fifteen years, there has been a revolution of sorts in the ...

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Between the 17th and 19th centuries, enslaved Africans and African Americans in British North America and the United States staged hundreds of revolts. Fed by a longing for freedom and ...

There were 13 Leos before him: The first, Leo the Great, was a fifth-century theologian who helped heal the doctrinal divisions among early Christians; Leo X, a member of the powerful Medici family, ...

Officers from the Philadelphia Police 19th District were called to a home on the 3900 block of Lankenau Avenue just after 6 p.m. for a reported shooting, authorities said. Responding officers found ...

The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when ...

A major sewage tunnel in Northwest Washington that dates to the 1890s has a 200-foot-long crack and is at risk of collapsing and polluting Rock Creek, said D.C. Water officials. They are planning ...

They are also reportedly reviewing 19th-century insurance requirements for ships, which could provide clues about the vessel’s identity and when it sank. Those documents outline specifications ...

Love a challenge? Name the two homes credited with being built by a U.S. president. We’ll spare you the struggle. Along with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, there’s the stately Tudor Revival ...

Municipal elections were far different in the Spanish colonial period. In 1985, the late Glenn Anthony May, a historian of the Philippines, teased the civic ritual from 19th-century archival documents ...

A walkway originally designed in the 19th Century as part of Tralee Ship Canal is to have public lighting installed along the route to extend its year-round use for pedestrians. Known locally as t ...