On November 27, 1978, Dan White snuck into City Hall and assassinated gay rights activist Harvey Milk and San Francisco’s mayor, George Moscone.

Analysis of the Trypillia megasites in Ukraine suggests that they were built as early as 5500 B.C.E., challenging the notion that the oldest cities in world history were in Mesopotamia.

In 1991, Dixon, Illinois Comptroller and Treasurer Rita Crundwell began stealing city funds to finance her show-horse breeding empire, allowing her hometown to fall into a state of financial crisis while she lived a lavish lifestyle.

An ancestry DNA test helped Luis Armando Albino's family find him 73 years after he was kidnapped while playing at a park in Oakland, California, with his older brother.

Angie Bowie was married to David Bowie from 1970 to 1980 — and the couple's relationship was anything but conventional.

Experts believe that Mozart composed "Serenade in C" in the 1760s — perhaps even before he turned 13.

The new study found that longevity claims in blue zones, or regions famous for long lifespans, are largely based on clerical errors and pension fraud.

Experts believe that the ringstone was used as a seal by a prominent figure during the Roman Imperial Period.

A medieval bestiary is a vibrantly illustrated compendium of both real and mythical animals — and the comically bizarre way scholars drew these beasts has baffled historians for centuries.

The print has been confirmed as Albrecht Dürer's Knight, Death and the Devil (1513). Now, this rare find is headed to auction, where it could fetch tens of thousands of dollars.

Researchers examining human remains in a 17th-century crypt in Milan found evidence of cocaine use, suggesting that Europeans consumed coca leaves nearly two centuries earlier than previously thought.

Archaeologists at Yeşilova Mound in İzmir, Türkiye, discovered an 8,200-year-old kohl pen which they believe is the oldest known eyeliner in human history.