This Day in History | 1980 Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210...
This Day in History | 1954 The U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial...
This Day in History | 1929 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out the first “Oscar’s” awards, at a dinner party for around...
This Day in History | 1942 Congress passes a bill establishing a women’s corps in the U.S. Army, creating the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAACs) and...
This Day in History | 1999 President Bill Clinton apologizes directly to Chinese President Jiang Zemin on the phone for the accidental NATO bombing of the...
This Day in History | 1981 Near the start of his weekly general audience in Rome’s St. Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II is shot and...
This Day In History | 1932 The body of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh’s baby is found, more than two months after he was kidnapped from his...
This Day in History | 1981 Reggae legend Bob Marley dies of complications from skin cancer at the age of 36 years old. Good morning Middle...
This Day in History | 1869 The presidents of Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads meet in Promontory Utah to drive a ceremonial stake in the...
This Day in History | 1960 The FDA approves the world’s first commercially produced birth-control bill–Enovid-10, made by the G.D. Searle Company of Chicago, Illinois. Good...