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In the mid-1800s, one in 25 people in the town of Chilmark, Massachusetts, was deaf. Since it was a time before American Sign Language was established, […]

Summer in the city is really hot. Heavy air, stifling apartments, and sizzling streets are to be expected, but if it’s any consolation, Bostonians have been […]

It was 156 years ago today that the world was blessed with Gustav Mahler, the revolutionary Austrian composer who sought to distill in his works […]

In 1854, nothing could ruin an Independence Day celebration quite like a few pesky pickpockets. So when the Boston Police finally arrested the thieving gentlemen […]

On June 23, 1813, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society had a good day. A few 203 years ago, the society was granted permission to buy land on […]

Dr. Robert Goddard obtained a total of 214 patents during his lifetime. The Worcester native is remembered as the father of modern rocket propulsion—but during the […]

Maine has the unique honor of being the home state to Prohibition. It was born there on June 2, 1851 when the state enacted the […]

For a state known for its Catholics, you’d never guess that early Massachusetts Bay Colony residents considered the Pope the Antichrist. Puritans escaping the Church of […]

If your weekend plans include some quality time on the Vineyard, take a moment to commemorate its first European sighting 414 years ago. On May […]

The Salem Witch Trials are undoubtedly an embarrassing low point in New England’s history, but witchcraft hysteria wasn’t confined to just one town. Suspicions were rampant […]

This weekend marks the opening of the Boston Harbor Islands for the season. While Bostonians will be eager to take advantage of Free Ferry Day […]

Nancy Drew turns 86 years old today. The amateur sleuth is actually immortalized as a teenager in her mystery stories, sometimes at age 16 and sometimes […]

Rosie Ruiz made it look easy, and that was her downfall. When Ruiz, an unknown 26-year-old living in New York, won the Boston Marathon’s female […]

One particularly stressful morning in 1947 on Beacon Hill’s West Cedar St., Mrs. Walter Dewey hurriedly got dressed, flew down the front steps of her […]

To the Author of the New England Courant. Sir, It may not be improper in the first Place to inform your Readers, that I intend […]