Although the origins of the 1890 maritime strike are disputed, the events that accompanied and followed this strike were a turning point in Australian history. The strike began in Adelaide and rapidly ...

When Congress faces voters on Nov. 8, it won’t be the first midterm election when a party holding narrow control touted policy achievements while battling a head wind of broad price increases. A ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Pottstown resident Henry Rau, a puddler at the Ellis and Lessig Iron Works, finished his shift and ...

Had the popular press not frightened its readers with tales of Indian terror, had Sitting Bull not been killed, had hungover and frightened soldiers not become trigger-happy on that sad day in 1890, ...

Women’s clothing went through an interesting transition in the 1890s. Big changes took place in how the clothes were made, bought and worn. Fashions also went from restricting to freeing the women who ...

Vanderbilt University started playing football in 1890, when they played the University of Nashville. This was the first college football game played in the state of Tennessee. Vanderbilt won the game ...

It was November 16, 1890, and a Cork side represented by Aghabullogue traveled to Dublin to take on a Wexford side represented by Castlebridge. This was a time in GAA history when clubs who won their ...

Cincinnati Police Sergeant Edward C. “Doc” Hill was a big guy. The 1890 history of the Cincinnati Police Department reported that he stood six feet one inch tall and weighed 246 pounds. In a ...