The United States formally took possession of Alaska, a vast territory purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, which was ...

Today is Columbus Day, a federal holiday commemorating the arrival of the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in the ...

Today is the U.S. Navy’s actual birthday, observed every year on October 13. It was on this day in 1775 that the Continental Congress green-lighted the first U.S. naval force. According to ...

Today in Celtics history, Michael Leon Carr was waived by the team he would one day be the President of Basketball Ops for.

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back at every day in ‘This Day In History.’ On this date in 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed. It was signed by 39 ...

Every day has a history tied to it — small moments, big turns, lives changed. What happened on October 17? In 1777, British ...

On 1987, Wall Street experienced its sharpest single-day collapse in history as the Dow plunged 22.6 per cent — an event ...

Lee shares his birthday with former Boston two way point guard JD Davison, who was born this day in Montgomery, Alabama in ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 13, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, Jerome McKinley "Gerald" Henderson Sr. -- better known to Celtics fans as Gerald Henderson - ...