ON THIS DAY IN 1875, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The Committee on the American Centennial Exhibition have received six hundred applications for space in the Italian department, the majority of ...

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On this date in 1963, a landmark piece of environmental legislation became law in the ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1902, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “KINGSTOWN, ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT — The Venezuelan troop ship Zamora and the Venezuelan coast guard vessel Veinte Tres de Mayo were captured in ...

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On Dec. 22, 2010, former U.S. President Barack Obama signed the repeal of the “Don’t ...

December 9, 1958 - In December 1958, University of Nebraska alumnus George Beadle shared the Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology with Edward Tatum for the discovery that genes act by regulating ...

December 15, 2001 - In December 2021, the United States’ first ever December derecho hit Nebraska. A derecho is a widespread, long-lived wind storm. The 2021 storm caused severe thunderstorms and 120 ...

KENEDY, Texas (KWTX) - On December 13, 2000, seven convicts broke out of a South Texas prison, leading to a six-week-long manhunt. The escapees, later dubbed the “Texas Seven”, overpowered staff and ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On December 21, 1864, General William Sherman ended his March to the Sea by capturing Savannah, Georgia. The March to the Sea was a military campaign that was hatched toward the ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On December 29, 2024, Former President Jimmy Carter died peacefully at his Plains, Georgia home He was 100 years old. The peanut farming president made history in October 2024 ...

Every day has a history; even the date on your calendar might hide stories that shaped the world. Have you ever wondered what happened on December 11? On this day over the centuries, the world ...

Every day has a history. Have you ever asked what happened on December 25 besides Christmas? Millions around the world know this day as a festival of joy, gifts and family. But long before traditions ...

HEWITT, Texas (KWTX) - On December 30, 2019, three-year-old Ceagan Roberts received some VIP treatment from a local police department and was named an official Hewitt police officer. She was diagnosed ...