2+ week, 4+ day ago   (361+ words) Today is Sept. 11. On this day in: 1789: Alexander Hamilton took the oath of office as the nation's first secretary of the treasury. President George Washington nominated his former Revolutionary War aide-de-camp, and Congress approved his appointment the same day. 1903: The…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (452+ words) Today is Sept. 8. On this day in: 1504: Michelangelo's statue of David, the Biblical hero who used a slingshot to slay the giant Goliath, was unveiled to the public in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy. The 17-foot-tall, 12,000-pound marble…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (387+ words) Today is Sept. 4. On this day in: 1781: Los Angeles was established by 44 Spanish settlers as El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles (the Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels). The land was originally inhabited…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (535+ words) Today is Sept. 6. On this day in: 1781: Benedict Arnold, a former Patriot officer already infamous for betraying the American cause the previous year, ordered his British command to burn his hometown of New London, Connecticut. As a turncoat, he led…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (506+ words) President Harry S. Truman. 1963: "The CBS Evening News" transitioned from a 15-minute broadcast to...network television's first half-hour weeknight news program. Its 6:30 p.m. EST debut featured anchor...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (511+ words) Today is Sept. 12. On this day in: 1953: Future President John F. Kennedy, at the time a U.S. senator for Massachusetts, married Jacqueline Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. The ceremony included a blessing from Pope Pius XII and was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (407+ words) Today is Sept. 13. On this day in: 1848: Phineas Gage, an American railroad construction foreman, suffered a traumatic brain injury when an iron rod was driven through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe. He survived, but the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (762+ words) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Over the last 200 years, Springfield has grown from a small town to Missouri's third-largest city. Springfield has been around since the early 1800s, and many significant events have occurred since its founding. What did Springfield look like 200 years ago…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (650+ words) Srebrenica became a symbol of ethnic cleansing after its men and boys were massacred by Bosnian Serbs following a three-year-long siege during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. On Thursday, Serbian state media reported the death of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (104+ words) SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton is receiving an innovation grant from the National Park Foundation to bring new technology to the historic location. The upgrade will offer park administrators and community partners a…...