Becky Little

From Asia to the United States, 'eighth wonders' span the globe.

President Nixon's 'Honor America Day' featured the Rev. Billy Graham and Bob Hope in an Independence Day event that critics saw as a pro-Vietnam War rally.

The tradition began during a time of national sorrow.

As Hitler bombed London, its citizens set up makeshift beds in rail cars, on escalators and even in tunnels to get a night's sleep.

Ancient people may have been crafting an archetypal villain.

Every president since Kennedy has carried the nuclear football, but none have ever used it.

Tiny hand stencils and other clues point to children’s participation in cave art.

The photo, captured by Franklin in 1952, is among the most significant in scientific history and lent vital clues to how DNA functions.

Political, religious and practical considerations all played a role.

Missionaries laid the foundation for communities and governance in the American frontier.

The statues were meant to be vivid and lifelike. They were covered in paint, decorated in wreaths and even scented with perfume.

A key ingredient in the flavor was discovered on ancient pottery shards in Indonesia, revealing it has been around for a long, looooong time.

Claims the Apollo 11 mission was staged began soon after astronauts first set foot on the moon in 1969.

In 1931, a Commission of crime families began running New York City rackets, initiating an era of colorful nicknames and violent power struggles.

After the assassination, King's family did not trust the findings of the FBI, which had harassed the civil rights leader while he was alive.

From Stalin's reign of terror to Gorbachev and glasnost, meet the eight leaders who presided over the USSR.

The tri-colored confection was designed to look like chicken feed and came out at a time when about half of Americans worked on farms.

Augustus told Romans he was the only one who could save Rome. And they believed him.

The controversial shroud that is claimed to have once covered the body of Jesus first appeared in the 1350s and is now available for online viewing.

The latest analysis adds to a centuries-long debate over the shroud’s authenticity.

Freddie and Truus Oversteegen sometimes ambushed Nazi officers from their bicycles—and never revealed how many they had assassinated.

For some, the Great Depression began in the 1920s.

Rodney Alcala won a 1978 episode of 'The Dating Game' in the middle of a murder spree.

Newt Gingrich was offended that Clinton hadn't talked to him on Air Force One.

NASA created simulations that mimicked everything from the moon’s gravity to its landscape.

The shocking disaster delayed the speech for one week.

The league was supposed to be temporary, but went on for 12 seasons.

The writer behind the play, which was made into a Cary Grant film, had studied the records of convicted murderer Amy Archer-Gilligan.

People were outraged when teenage boys vandalized towns on October 31, 1933—so they found a way to keep them inside.

At its peak, Rome stretched over much of Europe and the Middle East.

After President Nixon refused to release his secret tapes, Congress ruled that they were the government’s property, not his.

Fear of Mexican immigrants led to the criminalization of marijuana.

Dissent at or inside the statue began with its unveiling in 1886.

The cult leader and mass murderer got parole hearings until the very end.

The United States has recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital since December 2017—despite a dueling claim from Palestine.

Was Dancer’s Image disqualified because his owner supported the civil rights movement?

The vehicles could deliver supplies from ship to shore, but couldn’t cut it in rough waters.

It killed 100,000 people in the direct impact. But it led to tens of millions more deaths later.

Autopilot has existed since 1912. But some experts worry that too much plane automation introduces danger.

For a long time, it wasn't possible to immigrate illegally to the U.S.

A conspiracy theory emerged during the Red Scare, blaming “the Bolsheviki” for protests and violence.

Federally-subsidized childcare centers took care of an estimated 550,000 to 600,000 children while their mothers worked wartime jobs.

Since the 2015 massacre at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church, 37 schools honoring Confederate icons have changed their names, while about 100 others haven’t.

After the Revolutionary War, a series of revolutions took place throughout Europe and the Americas.

White House staff reportedly said that Reagan was inattentive and acting strangely, but his chief of staff dismissed the possibility of trying to remove him.

Most people complied, but some resisted (or poked holes in their masks to smoke).

Once it was over, no one wanted to talk about it.

Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh writes in his new book that Pat Nixon visited the emergency room and alleged that her husband had hit her shortly after Nixon resigned.

Thousands of Mexican Americans joined the Confederacy—but even more joined the Union.

Native Americans won U.S. citizenship in 1924, but the struggle for voting rights stretched on for much longer.