History
On this day in 1936: The first issue of Life was published
The iconic Life magazine made its debut on November 23, 1936, revolutionizing photojournalism and forever changing how Americans viewed the...
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On this day in 1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, America's 35th president, left an indelible mark on history as one of the nation's most charismatic and...
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On this day in 1620: Signing of Mayflower Compact
On November 11, 1620, aboard the Mayflower anchored off the coast of what is now Massachusetts, a group of 41...
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On this day in 2017: Charles Manson died in prison at age 83.
Charles Manson (1934-2017) stands as one of America's most notorious criminal figures, whose actions and influence led to a series...
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On this day in 1998: Another section of Great Wall of China discovered
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a previously unknown section of the Great Wall of China in the remote northwestern...
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On this day in 1976: Jimmy Carter elected 39th U.S. president
On November 2, 1976, Jimmy Carter, the former Georgia governor and peanut farmer from Plains, secured a historic victory in...
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On this day in 1952: First thermonuclear bomb tested by the United States
On November 1, 1952, the United States detonated "Ivy Mike," the world's first thermonuclear device, on Elugelab Island in the...
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On this day in 2020: Sean Connery died at age 90
Sir Sean Connery rose from humble beginnings in Edinburgh to become one of cinema's most iconic figures, defining sophistication and...
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On this day in 1974: Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the “Rumble in the Jungle,”
In the pre-dawn hours of October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire, Muhammad Ali achieved what many considered impossible: he knocked...
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On this day in 1929: Collapse of U.S. stock market prices
On October 24, 1929, the United States stock market suffered an unprecedented collapse that would mark the beginning of the...
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