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In ‘This Week in History,’ the advent of wireless technology transformed global communication, and helped prevent a terrible maritime disaster.

Charles Goodyear’s long struggle to stabilize rubber reshaped modern industry, though it left him deeply in debt.

American millionaires Isidor and Ida Straus shared their birthdays, their lives, and their deaths.

‘Visions of the West: The William I. Koch Collection’ will be on auction through Christie’s on Jan. 20.

The country singer had doubts about recording the magnetic single ‘Walkin’ After Midnight.’

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we see how hot water bubbling up from fracture zones in limestone led to the creation of a national park.

The ‘Conway Cabal’ was an underhanded attempt to discredit and disempower the man who became the first president of the United States.

The Homestead hotel in Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains opened a decade before the Revolutionary War.

While he didn’t roam the Midwest with a pot on his head, John Chapman made history as a shrewd frontiersman with an eye for helping settlers.

One document played a principal part in forming a nation and changing the world—the Declaration of Independence.

In ‘This Week in History,’ the advent of wireless technology transformed global communication, and helped prevent a terrible maritime disaster.

Charles Goodyear’s long struggle to stabilize rubber reshaped modern industry, though it left him deeply in debt.

American millionaires Isidor and Ida Straus shared their birthdays, their lives, and their deaths.

‘Visions of the West: The William I. Koch Collection’ will be on auction through Christie’s on Jan. 20.

The country singer had doubts about recording the magnetic single ‘Walkin’ After Midnight.’

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we see how hot water bubbling up from fracture zones in limestone led to the creation of a national park.

The ‘Conway Cabal’ was an underhanded attempt to discredit and disempower the man who became the first president of the United States.

The Homestead hotel in Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains opened a decade before the Revolutionary War.

While he didn’t roam the Midwest with a pot on his head, John Chapman made history as a shrewd frontiersman with an eye for helping settlers.

One document played a principal part in forming a nation and changing the world—the Declaration of Independence.