Today in History for Jan. 8: In 1324, explorer Marco Polo died at age 70. In 1438, the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches met at the Council of Ferrara-Florence in an effort to form an alliance that ...

The American automotive industry really came into its own in the 1950s, as this was the era when some of the greatest American cars of all time first appeared. The Chevy Bel Air, the rise in ...