On this day in 1961, John F. Kennedy becomes the first United States President to give a live, televised press conference. Modern...

During this month in 1941, Thanksgiving is celebrated on two different dates. The federal government and some states celebrated the...

On this day in 1965, a massive blackout cripples the Northeast. At first, no one knew what to think! The Cold War was then being silently...

On this day in 1900, a magazine publishes the first installment of a weekly series. That series would eventually be compiled and...

On this day in 1941, Mount Rushmore is declared complete. Did you know that the famous presidential monument was partly inspired by a...

On this day in 1940, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. becomes the first black man to attain the rank of general in the United States Army. Would...

On this day in 1901, President William McKinley is shot by a gunman. He would pass away eight days later. The McKinleys were then attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The President had been invited to give a speech. He’d accepted the invitation and was eager to attend, although Mrs. McKinley was worried. She had a bad feeling about the event and didn’t really want him to go. The President went anyway. The couple arrived in Buffalo on September 4. If onl

On this day in 1974, President Richard Nixon announces his resignation from office. He’d been facing impeachment and possible criminal...

On this day in 1927, Calvin Coolidge declines to run for re-election as President. His statement to the press was simple: “I do not...

On this day in 1908, the Attorney General of the United States orders a “corps of special agents” to staff the Office of the Chief...

On this day in 1933, FDR signs the Cullen-Harrison Act. Americans would finally be allowed to drink beer again! Well, sort of. Prohibition was still technically in effect, but Congress was working to ease the pain. Indeed, some parts of the country still celebrate the effective date of this Act (April 7) as National Beer Day. Prohibition was then entering its 14th year. Since January 1920, the 18th Amendment had prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxica

On this day in 1961, the United States figure skating team is killed in the crash of Sabena flight 548. The terrible tragedy shook the...

On this day in 1916, a future scientist is born. Ruth Rogan Benerito would become a chemist and an inventor at a time when women simply...

On this day in 1935, Amelia Earhart departs from Honolulu. The flight that followed would make her the first person to fly solo from...

On this day in 1930, the Secretary of the Interior issues an order: Construction on the Boulder Dam should commence immediately! Today,...

On this day in 1908, Theodore Roosevelt signs an act restoring the motto “In God We Trust” to certain U.S. coins. Interesting, because...

On this day in 1935, a massive dust storm blows over the southern plains. The day came to be known as Black Sunday because of the immense...

On this day in 1980, the “Miracle on Ice” occurs. The United States men’s hockey team defeats the Soviets at the Lake Placid Olympic...

On this day in 1915, two agencies are consolidated into a new United States Coast Guard. Wait. If the Coast Guard began as late as...

On this day in 1995, an aide hands a nuclear briefcase to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Nuclear missiles were ready to go. Would...