New Delhi: Till the 18th century, the average height of the Netherlands and most countries in Europe was only 165 cm (5.4 feet), but in the last two centuries, the height of Dutch people increased by ...
A group of Canadian diver found a British ship that may have sunk over 200 years ago while exploring the depths of Lake Ontario. The ship appears to be fully intact.
New clues from ancient seas are reshaping what we know about mass extinction and the future of our oceans. In a recent breakthrough, scientists have confirmed for the first time that a sudden, sharp ...
A group of Canadian divers exploring beneath the surface of Lake Ontario encountered the wreck of a ship believed to have sunk 200 years ago. The Jeff Lindsay team said its divers were puzzled to ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Over the last 200 years, Springfield has grown from a small town to Missouri’s third-largest city. Springfield has been around since the early 1800s, and many significant events ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Erie Canal, once mocked as “Clinton’s Ditch,” was built 200 years ago by Governor DeWitt Clinton. Now, his five times great grandson DeWitt Silber joined Governor Hochul for a ...
On July 4, 1825, 52 Norwegians, many of them Quakers seeking religious freedom, boarded a ship named Restauration in Stavanger, Norway. They arrived in New York City on Oct. 9, 1825, laying the ...
LYONS, N.Y. – The Erie Canal opened 200 years ago and one of the reasons why it continues to work today is the work that happens out of view. Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean got access to ...
Exactly 200 years ago, on September 15, 1825, a self-governing Jewish colony was ceremonially dedicated on Grand Island in northern New York State, just a few miles downstream from Buffalo on the ...