Japan's International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Morinari Watanabe revealed Thursday his idea of changi ...

1894 — Jim Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in the third round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1924 — The first Winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France. 1939 — Joe Louis knocks out John ...

In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded. After attempting to restore Catholicism to Scotland and two disastrous marriages, she was forced to abdicate and fled to England in 1567. She was ...

The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in ...

OUR January meeting was a return visit by Graham Horn, who this time spoke about the River Thames. As a Blue Badge tour guide ...

1899: Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies aged 24 in mysterious circumstances. On the same day, the ...

Jan. 19, 1894: Railroad worker John Hardy was hanged ... She made history at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles when, at 16, she became the first American woman ever to win a gold medal in ...

Hutchinson’s One Book, One Community Committee did well in selecting its book for this year’s community read – “Ordinary Grace,” by William Kent Krueger. The ...

Zion Baptist Church (established in 1894 and built in 1975 ... This area gets its name from the "beautiful view" it provides of the Olympic and Cascade mountains. Bellevue boasts dining hot ...

Established in on 23 June 1894, the International Olympic Committee is a not-for-profit independent international organisation. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Olympic Capital, it is entirely ...