Some of the feats achieved by para athletes are truly remarkable. George Eyser was a US gymnast and Olympian at the 1904 Olympic Games in St Louis, Missouri. Eyser won six medals (three gold ...

American gymnast George Eyser took home six medals, three gold, after competing with a wooden left leg. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 forced the Olympics to relocate from Rome to London ...

Political columnist George Skelton has covered government and politics for 60 years and for The Times since 1974. He has been a Times political writer and editor in Los Angeles, Sacramento bureau ...

George Barbier was a French illustrator and costume designer. Born Georges Augustin Barbier in 1882 in Nantes, France, he was part of an influential group of early 20th-century artists that included ...

While the reigns of George I and II had been marked by a royal detachment from the administration of American colonies, King George III asserted his claim on the colonies strenuously. The king saw ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

The Beatles released their classic Abbey Road in late 1969. Less than a year later, George Benson revealed his own take on a number of songs from the record, cleverly titled The Other Side of ...

The newest star acquisition Paul George, might just get them over the hump. After contract negotiations with the Los Angeles Clippers failed, George entered free agency and ultimately decided to ...

Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George suffered a hyperextended left knee in the second quarter of Monday's preseason win in Atlanta and didn't return. "Hopefully it'll be OK, so he's back with us ...

And on Friday night, Paul George donned a Philadelphia uniform for the first time and provided a true glimpse of why the Sixers were so excited about signing him in free agency. He scored 23 ...

presidential history aficionados may be particularly interested in an auction later in the month that has objects on sale ranging from a lock of George Washington’s hair to a flag that ...