At the 2019 Temple and Family Leadership Instruction meeting, Elders David A. Bednar and Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles invited wards…
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On this day in 1838, American school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was born. Taylor is remembered for her death-defying stunt on her 63rd birthday when she became the…
Andrew Carroll is never far away from the slim black portfolio he calls “the football.” Inside are more than two dozen original letters, creased and…
Henry VIII’s legendary marital troubles paved the way for copycat divorces, new evidence has suggested. Records from the 16th Century have been largely lost. But…
Ireland used to receive around 6,000 applications for citizenship a year before the 2016 referendum. But last year alone it received 25,000, some from British…
Copies of a letter written by Christopher Columbus describing his first impressions of the Americas have become so rare and valuable, they’re being stolen and…
Do you remember watching The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson? Today we remember legendary talk show host Johnny Carson on what would have been his 94th…
As the average lifespan has grown over the past several decades, learning about your health and how to preserve it has become increasingly more important.…
Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke was born on 23 October 1986 in London. She grew up in Oxfordshire. Her father was a theatre sound engineer…
On this day in 1844, stage and early film actress Sarah Bernhardt was born. Once called “the most famous actress the world has ever known,” Bernhardt…
Families have been making music together since long before the von Trapps and the Jackson 5. It’s not uncommon for an accomplished musician to have…
Many who have looked into tracing their German or Slavic family lines have quickly learned that they have their work cut out for them. Germany…
Today we remember Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher on what would have been her 63rd birthday. Image: Carrie Fisher / Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons (CC…
On the way home from a weekend road trip to the Smoky Mountains, two friends, Lindsy Wolke and Megan Grant, found themselves browsing the relic…
Every year on April 6, Los Banos, Calif., couple Tina Bejarano Gardere and Eric Gardere would hide away in their bedroom. They would bring a…
Scientists have for the first time found evidence of Neanderthals on the Greek island of Naxos, pushing back human activity in the Aegean by thousands…
On this day in 1931, prolific inventor Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. At the time of his death, Edison held over 1,000…
On this day in 1915, American playwright Arthur Miller was born in Harlem, New York. Image: Arthur Miller / Nationaal Archief Arthur Asher Miller was born to…
The BBC has just wrapped up another series of their hit series Who Do You Think You Are? this time with some of the biggest…
New York’s German-owned breweries were once the largest beer-making operations in the country, and the brewers themselves grew into regional and national power-players, transforming Major…