HISTORY

The former “bad boy” chef and bestselling author Anthony Bourdain is found dead on June 8, 2018, in his hotel room of apparent suicide. Bourdain was in France filming the 12th season of his hit travel and food TV show “Parts Unknown.” His death at 61 is a shock to his legions of fans, who followed Bourdain from his swaggering, tell-all restaurant memoir through his thoughtful...

On August 15, 1977, The Ohio State University’s Big Ear Radio Telescope detects a powerful 72-second transmission that appears on just one of the telescope’s 50 channels. A few days later, astronomer Jerry Ehman spots the signal in a data printout, circles the sequence “6EQUJ5” and writes “Wow!” in red ink in the margin.

The baffling narrowband signal showed a distinct...

Anne Heche, the 53-year-old actor who became a Hollywood star in the 1990s, dies from injuries sustained after crashing her car into a Los Angeles home several days earlier. On August 11, 2022, doctors pronounce her brain dead, and Heche’s family decides to honor her wishes as an organ donor.

On August 5, Heche was driving her Mini Cooper through the Mar Vista neighborh...

Determined to resist the growing presence of Anglo settlers on traditional tribal lands, the Sauk warrior Black Hawk is drawn into war with the United States.

Called Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak by his people, Black Hawk was born in 1767 in the village of Saukenuk in the present-day state of Illinois. He quickly earned a reputation as a fierce and courageous fighter in the...

Alarmed by the growing encroachment of whites settlers occupying Native American lands, the Shawnee war leader Tecumseh calls on all Native peoples to unite and resist.

Born around 1768 in the area that became Springfield, Ohio, Tecumseh won early notice as a brave warrior. He fought in battles between the Shawnee and the white Kentuckians, who were invading the Ohio Ri...