Today in History for July 17: In 1505, future church reformer, Martin Luther entered the Augustinian monastic order at Erfurt in present day eastern Germany. He was 21. In 1674, the second census of ...

Only one rider from the USA has won the Tour de France: the legendary Greg LeMond. His first win came in 1986 before winning back-to-back in 1989 and 1990. He was the first non-European man to win the ...

The first three sessions of July in the green - The banking index reached 2,000 points for the first time since November 2015 ...

More than 100 years after being wounded in World War I’s largest battle, Pvt. Alonzo Stanton has finally been recognized with ...

2010 — Paul Goydos becomes the fourth golfer in PGA Tour history to shoot a 59. Goydos puts together his 12-under, bogey-free round on the opening day of the John Deere Classic. Goydos makes the turn ...

Charles Barger and his assistant automatic rifle gunner, Jesse Funk, received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the ...

The Tasmanian Tiger, also known as the Thylacine, is one of the most famous creatures that many believe to be extinct. Once native to Tasmania, Australia, and New Guinea, the thylacine was declared ...

1936: Fred Perry beats Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 for his third straight Wimbledon ... although the execution doesn’t happen for 12 years. 1951: Sam Snead wins his third PGA golf ...

The latest set of Commando comics from DC Thomson – Issues 5867 to 5870 – cover land, sea and air this week. Whether it’s ...

Poignant sound of whistles heard as tributes paid to the 20,000 British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the ...

The Royal romance with the railways is over now that the historic train is to be axed, but it was once a favourite for ...

Annual global population growth is now just over a third of the peak level reached in the 1960s and the rate is falling fast.