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(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back at every day in ‘This Day In History.’ On this ...
Fifty-two years ago today on Aug. 28, 1963, about 250,000 Americans gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
On this day in 1980, a bomb went off at Harvey’s Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe. The explosives came into the resort hidden inside a copy machine. An attached ransom note demanded $3 million to ...
Every day holds a story. Have you ever paused to wonder what history hides behind a date like August 23? The past is full of ...
After World War II, the United States, Canada and several western European nations signed a treaty for mutual defense in the ...
2008: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president and became the first Black presidential ...
Father’s Day always falls on the third Sunday in June, which is less than a month away. Here’s what day it falls on in 2025 and the origin of the holiday.
1978 — Joe Morgan of the Cincinnati Reds hit his 200th career home run to become the first player in major league history to have 200 homers and 500 stolen bases.