The Queen is marking her 70 th year on the throne on Sunday 5 June, making her the first British monarch to reach such a milestone. Over her decades-long reign, Queen Elizabeth II has celebrated her ...

Sixty years ago this week, the people of Yakima threw a birthday party for the city. Yakima’s Diamond Jubilee was an eight-day event — 11 if you count the three-day retail promotion that preceded the ...

The U.K. is celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne during the next four days in an event called the platinum jubilee. No British monarch has ruled as long as the current queen. Queen ...

The first Black radio station west of the Mississippi celebrates 75 years on the airwaves. In 1950, Andrew “Skip” Carter began operating KPRS as the nation’s first Black radio station west of the ...

The Queen is the first British monarch to reach a Platinum Jubilee, an occasion set to be marked by the nation with a long weekend of pageantry, parties and flag-waving in the monarch’s honour.

Traditionally beacons represented deliberately staged fires which were built at intervals along coastal and major internal land points, which when lit would denote a message. In the days before ...