On this date in 1928, Walt Disney released “Steamboat Willie,” the first animated film with synchronized sound to feature the ...

Every day carries its own slice of history, full of change, challenge, and triple-point turning moments. So what exactly ...

On Nov. 18, 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan of California and four others were killed on an airstrip in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass ...

Veterans Day was initially called Armistice Day and honored the soldiers of World War I. Today it has expanded to celebrate ...

November 20 marks 33 years of the nightmare that began at 11 am when Windsor Castle, the largest inhabited castle in Europe, ...

On Nov. 16, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the ...

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On this day in 1956, two American firsts made history: Don Larsen of the New York ...

In a shocking incident, a mob stormed and burned down the embassy of the United States in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 1979. The ...

September 6, 1898 - Now the site of a highly celebrated and successful county fairs in Nebraska, Keya Paha County held its first fair in 1898. The showcase of the fair is the barn dance, which is now ...

September 23, 1942 - In September 1942, the Fort Robinson War Dog Training Center was created. It comprised of barracks, classrooms and kennels which held 1,800 dogs. The dogs would be trained as ...

USA TODAY and EJI partnered to bring 10 stories of racial injustice to the USA TODAY Network, connecting America’s past to its present.