The guillotine was the preferred method of execution during France's "Reign of Terror" in the 1790s. But the origins of this ...

Here’s some TV highlights over the coming days starting Saturday, May 10, including the Alison Hammond’s Big Weekend, British ...

Mahatma Gandhi was killed today in 1948 For readers interested in remembering what exactly happened that day I present the text of the newspaper report as it appeared in The New York Times that dayThe ...