1981: Israel shocks the world by destroying the Osirak nuclear plant near the Iraqi capital Baghdad for fear it would be used to make atomic bombs. On the same day, Bjorn Borg wins his 11th and final ...

Archaeologists just dug up the 700-year-old life-sized stone head of King Edward II in the ruins of a medieval abbey. "The ...

In 1792, the Welsh bard Edward Williams – using his bardic name of Iolo Morganwg – stood at the summit and proclaimed that ...

Many of the institutions that Trump is threatening to curtail or destroy — PBS, NPR, Harvard, the Smithsonian, the Kennedy ...

From the ‘Biarritz of the North’ to a perfectly-preserved medieval town, these coastal destinations make for a refined trip ...

Everyone knows that King Charles I was the least successful of England’s many Kings and Queens. The idea is traditional, well-argued, and practically undisputed. The view that Charles’s rule was a ...

(dramatic music) - This is possibly one of the most turbulent parts of Henry VIII's reign. - [Henry VIII] I have no heir. My subjects are in rebellion. My coffers are empty and my cradle empty too.

For Damian Lewis, just standing for two weddings of King Henry VIII in "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" was a daylong royal marathon. The English monarch is remembered for having six wives ...

either during the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547) or his son Edward VI (1547-1553). Shaftesbury Abbey, where the statue was found, was exceptionally wealthy, making it a target when England's ...