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A chicken once lived for 18 months without a head. Mike the chicken’s incredible feat was recorded back in the 1940s in…

On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as over 100,000 white settlers rushed to claim over 6…

On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing…

You can actually die laughing. And a number of people have, typically due to intense laughter causing a heart attack or suffocation.…

On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system. In…

On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the…

On Sept. 10, 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The…

On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage…

Water might not be wet. This is because most scientists define wetness as a liquid’s ability to maintain contact with a solid…

Today in history: On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American…