Every day has a story hidden in history. Have you ever wondered what happened on December 17 that made the date special? Every year, people around the world look back to remember events that changed ...
ON THIS DAY IN 1881, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The American committee on the Bartholdi statue of ‘Liberty’ met last night in New York, Mr. William M. Evarts presiding. It was decided not to ...
On the evening of December 25, 2000, a devastating fire ripped through the four‑story Dongdu Building in Luoyang, Henan province, killing more than 300 people. The blaze began at approximately 9:35 ...
25 years ago: Federal judge rules New York state must pay former Attica prisoners $8 million On January 4, 2000, a US federal judge ruled that the state of New York must pay $8 million to 1,281 former ...
(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On this date in 1996, NASA launched it’s first Mars rover. The Mars Pathfinder carried ...
Western states led the nation in approving women’s suffrage, but some of them had rather unsavory motives. Though some men recognized the important role women played in frontier settlement, others ...
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On December 23, 1823, the classic “Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem was published anonymously in a local newspaper. The poem, originally titled “A Visit from Saint Nicholas,” ...
Every day has a history attached to it: strange, sad, joyful, and world-changing moments that shape our stories. But what happened on December 29? Why does this date matter in world history? On this ...
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