Katharine Wright was the younger sister of the famous Wright Brothers and, despite not being as well remembered today, was instrumental to her brother's success.

In June 1921 Bessie Coleman became the first African-American woman and first Native American in the world to earn a pilot’s licence - forging her legacy as a pioneering woman of the early days of aviation.

What happened when a swarm of locusts bigger than California invaded the west?

It's one of the most famous sketches of all time, delivered masterfully by comedy legends Abbot and Costello - but what exactly makes it funny?

In January 2007 Steve Jobs launched the first iPhone and ushered an amazing period of change and innovation.

Being a republic, you might be surprised to know that the United States of America, in fact, had an Emperor. His name was Joshua Abraham Norton or, to use his full title, Norton I, Emperor of United States.

208 seconds. That's all it took for US Airways Flight 1549 to strike a flock of birds, lose both of its engines and plummet from nearly 3,000 feet and make a 'forced water landing' in the Hudson River.