Aviation trailblazer Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the U.S. nonstop on this day in history, Aug. 24, 1932. Earhart piloted her Lockheed Vega 5B from Los Angeles to ...

Enlightened self-interest is the chief hope of our wooded acres.” ON THIS DAY IN 1920, the Eagle reported, “LONDON, AUG. 27 — Prof. Albert Einstein, the German philosopher and scientist ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1950, the Eagle reported, “OTTAWA (U.P.) — Governor [Thomas] Dewey of New York warned today that an attack by the Communists on Formosa [Taiwan] could split the unity between ...

Your device does not support the audio. August 29th has been a day marked by significant events that have shaped the course of history across the globe. On August 29, 1966, The Beatles performed ...

From historic battles and political milestones to scientific discoveries and humanitarian achievements, August 26 is a day rich with history.

The United States took a bold step toward growing and protecting the world's largest park system when President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Park Service Organic Act on this day in ...

W.E.B. Du Bois, American sociologist, author, activist and co-founder of the NAACP, died on this day in history on Aug. 27, 1963, in Accra, Ghana at age 95. "He was an activist who was the most ...

1071: Turkish Seljuks beat the Byzantine forces at the Battle of Manzikert (now Malazgirt, Turkey), gaining entry into Anatolia and opening the road to Europe. 1346: English archers defeat French ...

Heath is the first player in Major League History to hit a pinch-hit homer and then homer again later in the same ... Cone will miss out on leading the National League in strikeouts by one as John ...