The last significant earthquake of the twentieth century in Bangladesh occurred in Moheshkhali upazila in July 1999. Its epicentre was on the island, and the 5.2 magnitude tremor damaged many houses.

1875: The Cathedral of the Holy Name, at the corner of Superior and State streets, was dedicated with Bishop Thomas Foley presiding. The $200,000 building (more than $6 million in today’s dollars) was ...

A “dilapidated 113-year-old building, designed by famed architect Daniel Burnham’s firm, will be restored as a public ...

In addition to other historical inaccuracies in this romanticized take (the clothing worn by the Pilgrims is incorrect; the Wampanoag Native Americans did not wear feathered war bonnets and would not ...

Kyle Rittenhouse testifies during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Wisconsin on Nov. 10, 2021. Rittenhouse was accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over ...

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Construction was led by J.M. Brock & Sons, which was also building homes in Valencia at the same time – highlighting how tightly the park’s development was connected to the community’s growth.

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On Nov. 14, 1910, Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss “Pusher” biplane lifted off ...

Today in History for Nov. 26: In 1539, in England, the monastery at the Fountains Abbey was surrendered to the Crown. It was the richest of the Cistercian houses, prior to the time of the Dissolution ...

Tolls on four Delaware River bridges between Pennsylvania and New Jersey will go down by a nickel Dec. 1, following an ...

(CNN) — Alex Ovechkin is no stranger to making history. The NHL’s all-time leading scorer has been swimming in uncharted waters for a little under a year and on Wednesday, he finally found land – in ...