Every day carries its own tapestry of triumphs, tragedies and turning points. What happened on October 21? From bold ...

Every day has a history attached to it. Have you ever wondered what stories hide behind today's date? So, what happened on July 22? On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln first shared his ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On this date in 1859, John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, WV, began. It ended up being a failed ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 13, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

1943: Mayor Edward J. Kelly cut a red, white and blue ribbon at street level near State and Madison streets to open Chicago’s first subway system. Kelly told the crowd that the 4.9-mile stretch — ...

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a major confrontation that brought the United States, and the Soviet Union close to war over the ...

The first presidential debate to be televised took place between Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy on 1960. Since then, it has ...

1906: The Chicago White Sox — nicknamed the “Hitless Wonders” (manager Fielder Jones ‘ team hit .230, the worst in the American League during the 1906 season with only seven home runs) — defeated the ...