Valentine's Day has long been celebrated as a day of romance filled with red roses, heart-shaped candies and chocolate boxes.

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Friday marks 166 years since Oregon was granted statehood and became the Union’s 33rd state on Feb. 14, 1859. The Oregon ...

Learn about Presidents Day observances, North Dakota’s ties to U.S. presidents and local closures in honor of the holiday ...

BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including The Wiz's Nichelle Lewis, ...

Born Feb. 14, 1812, Columbus has gone from a simple settlement to Ohio’s largest city in its 213 years. Franklinton, named for Benjamin Franklin, was the first ...

With a name like “Beat It,” you might think MJ is trying to start up some mess, but in fact, he wrote the song to take a stance against violence. The song itself is Jackson telling a young boy who ...

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Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

Explore key historical events from Sunday, Feb. 16, to Saturday, Feb.22, including King Tut's tomb unsealing, Fidel Castro's ...

The term mental hygiene has a long history in the United States, having first been used by William Sweetzer in 1843. After the Civil War, which increased concern about the effects of unsanitary ...