In the beginning of the 20th century, if you wanted to cross the Atlantic, you bought a trip on a ship. But after British ...

Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer who was believed to be the last living Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games, died last Friday at age 104. Her death was confirmed by the IOC and by Harvey ...

Roman Emperor Septimus Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and ...

1607: Massive flooding in England destroys around 200 square miles of coastline and results in approximately 2,000 casualties ...

She swam at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, flew with the WASPs in World War II and trained pilots at a time when few women were ...

Nate Anderson shocked Wall Street in mid-January by announcing the closure of Hindenburg Research, the tiny short-selling firm he founded that knocked billions of dollars off the valuations of big ...

becoming the third largest party with the Nazis in first place and the Socialists in second place with 121 seats. President von Hindenburg’s action in entrusting Hitler with the Chancellorship ...

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, tearing through the air tens ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 achieved a milestone by successfully breaking the sound barrier on a test flight, marking the first ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

Boeing's newest plane has been beset by certification delays, with flight tests paused for months, sparking frustration among ...