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This Day in History | 1970 Richard Nixon signs legislation that bans cigarette ads on television. The last televised cigarette ad ran at 11:50 p.m. during...
This Day in History | 1999 The Matrix is released in theaters. The film, which earned more than $470 million dollars, stars Keanu Reeves as a...
This Day in History | 1981 President Ronald Reagan is shot after finishing a speech at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.. The would-be assassin, John...
This Day in History | 1929 President Herbert Hoover has a telephone installed at his desk in the Oval Office. Good morning Middle Americans, Today’s message...
This Day In History | 1979 America experiences its worst nuclear disaster when a reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania fails. Good morning Middle America. ...
This Day in History | 1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announces he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes polio. The year before,...
This Day in History | 1911 The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 146 workers, on this day in 1911. The...
This Day in History | 1989 An oil tanker named the Exxon Valdez spills 10.8 million US gallons (260,000 barrels) of crude oil into Prince William...
This Day in History | 1775 During a speech before the second Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry responds to the increasingly oppressive British rule over the American...
This Day in History | 1983 The Pentagon awards a contract worth more than $1 billion to AM General Corporation to develop 55,000 High Mobility Multipurpose...
