In 3641 BC, according to the calculations of the Mayans, the world was created. In AD 60 (traditional date), the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked at Malta. In 1763, Canada passed from French control into ...

In 1939, singer Roberta Flack was born in Asheville, N.C. She had a half-dozen ballad hits in the 1970s, including three No. 1 -- ``The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,'' ``Killing Me Softly With His ...