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...
This Day in History | 1945 Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied...
This Day in History | 1915 A German U-boat torpedoes and sinks the RMS Lusitania, an ocean liner, traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. The...
This Day in History | 2004 An estimated 5.1 million people tune in for the final episode of Friends on NBC. Good morning Middle Americans, We...
This Day in History | 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space when the Freedom 7 spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on...
This Day in History | 1970 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four...