In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as “Old Ironsides,” was christened in Boston’s harbor.

Sailors honoured Trafalgar Day with their annual commemorations aboard HMS Victory.Personnel based in Portsmouth, joined by ...

Sailors who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar were honoured at a ceremony in Portsmouth on the historic event’s anniversary.

Trafalgar Day is an annual celebration of the Royal Navy victory over the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of ...

Capt. William G. Fluent operated the ‘Altonian’ ferryboat on the Alton riverfront for many years along the Mississippi River.

Welcome to October 21, a date that has witnessed remarkable events across history, shaping our world in countless ways. 1966: ...

A worrying development in the ongoing Battle of Trafalgar as reports suggest that Admiral Horatio Nelson has been shot by a ...

On Oct. 21, 2014, Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide for shooting and killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The conviction was later upgraded to murder; Pistorius ...

Over 200 years after the Battle of Trafalgar, a memorial service has been held at the Trafalgar Cemetery in Gibraltar.

Tonight the Royal Navy celebrates Trafalgar Night. Two hundred and nineteen years ago today, Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson ...

Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific ...

In a different realm, October 21, 1978, saw the founding of the first national park in the world, Yellowstone National Park, ...