Abraham Lincoln elected president - 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided...

First resident crew arrives at the International Space Station Expedition 1 was the first long-duration stay on the International Space...

Houdini is Dead - 1926 Harry Houdini, the most celebrated magician and escape artist of the 20th century, dies of peritonitis in a...

Welles Scares Nation - 1938 Orson Welles causes a nationwide panic with his broadcast of “War of the Worlds”—a realistic radio...

Shootout at the OK Corral On this day in 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the...

First barrel ride down Niagara Falls On this day in 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person...

What Are the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer? Studies have shown that your risk for breast cancer is due to a combination of factors. The...

TOURMALINE OVERVIEW The name "tourmaline" comes from the Sinhalese words tura mali, which mean "stone of mixed colors." As its name...

OPAL OVERVIEW The name “opal” originates from the Greek word opallios, which meant “to see a change in color.” The Roman scholar Pliny...

The Man Who Came To Dinner By Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman The Plot: "Portly Sheridan Whiteside, critic, lecturer, wit, radio orator,...

Cincinnati Music and Wellness Coalition present ... The Sixth Annual Music & Medicine Conference October 13, 2017 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m....

1. The Anglo-Saxons called October Winterfylleth, meaning the ‘fullness’ of winter. 2. The Welsh word for October is Hydref (originally...

Dr. Milap Nahata, a distinguished member of The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy faculty, recently received multiple awards for...

Dr. Milap C. Nahata, emeritus professor at the College of Pharmacy, recently received the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy...

September’s birthstone is the sapphire—a precious gem of wisdom, loyalty and nobility. This stone is said to focus the mind, encourage...

September 14, 1741 - Composer George Frederick Handel finished Messiah after working on it nonstop for 23 days. September 14, 1812 -...

The T.V. Western Bonanza Premiered Bonanza was one of the longest running and most popular of all TV Westerns. For 14 seasons, audiences...

Families who lost loved ones during 9/11 have, over the years, turned tragedy into triumphs of human spirit. They’ve started nonprofits,...

Originally named the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Moon Festival is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese. It takes...

On Aug. 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt kicked off a tour of New England with a car ride through Connecticut. His journey marked...