1+ day, 23+ min ago  (288+ words) Today is Friday, May 29, the 149th day of 2026. There are 216 days left in the year. On May 29, 1977, Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place (A. J. Foyt won the race for his record fourth Indy 500 victory)....

1+ week, 22+ min ago  (289+ words) Today is Saturday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2026. There are 222 days left in the year. On May 23, 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was "very solid" evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in non-smokers. In 1915, Italy declared…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (213+ words) Today is Tuesday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2026. There are 233 days left in the year. On May 12, 1975, members of the new Khmer Rouge-led Cambodian government seized an American merchant ship, the SS Mayaguez, in international waters, sparking a three-day battle that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (311+ words) Today is Sunday, May 10, the 130th day of 2026. There are 235 days left in the year. On May 10, 1933, book burnings were held in 34 cities across Germany, targeting authors whose ideologies were in conflict with Nazism. In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (327+ words) Today is Friday, May 8, the 128th day of 2026. There are 237 days left in the year. On May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced in a radio address that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered, stating that "the flags of freedom fly all over Europe…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (276+ words) Today is Tuesday, May 5, the 125th day of 2026. There are 240 days left in the year. On May 5, 2016, Lonnie Franklin Jr. was convicted of 10 counts of murder in the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings in Los Angeles that targeted poor, young Black women…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (339+ words) Today is Sunday, April 26, the 116th day of 2026. There are 249 days left in the year. In 1607, English colonists went ashore at present-day Cape Henry, Virginia, on an expedition to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere. In 1865, John…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (329+ words) Today is Saturday, April 25, the 115th day of 2026. There are 250 days left in the year. On April 25, 1898, the United States Congress declared war against Spain. The 16-week Spanish-American War resulted in an American victory, after which the U. S. took possession of the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (448+ words) Today is Friday, April 24, the 114th day of 2026. There are 251 days left in the year. On April 24, 1960, rioting erupted in Biloxi, Mississippi, after Black protesters staging a "wade-in" at a whites-only beach were attacked by a crowd of white people. In…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (414+ words) Today is Sunday, April 19, the 109th day of 2026. There are 256 days left in the year. On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord " the start of an eight-year armed conflict between American colonists and the…...