On October 1, 1942, the USS Grouper – a submarine on patrol some 100 miles east of Shanghai – torpedoed the Lisbon Maru, a ...

Seattle Public Library card holders can now get free admission to two new museums: the Seattle Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum and the Volunteer Park Conservatory. To continue reading ...

Today in History for Aug. 31: In 12 AD, the Roman Emperor Caligula, whose many unusual acts included naming his horse a senator of Rome, was born. In 1290, a proclamation from King Edward I exiled all ...

A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be America’s last surviving “ace” pilot because he shot down five enemy ...