1931: Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone was found guilty by a federal jury on five counts of income tax indictments and was later ...

T oday in Boston Celtics history, Larry Siegfried was signed by the Boston Celtics as a free agent. It is also the day he ...

ESPN play-by-play announcer Jon "Boog" Sciambi shared a sad-but-true fact about the Cincinnati Reds' postseason history ...

Gustave E. Radtke opened a wholesale and retail tobacco company in 1915 that became an ice cream parlor and bar. In 1961, it ...

Discover the best historic districts in the U.S.-from New Orleans to Key West-where preserved architecture, culture, and food ...

In 2016, country songwriter Claude (Curly) Putman, who co-wrote (with Bobby Braddock) iconic country songs "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and ''D-I-V-O-R-C-E," died at age 85. He also wrote "The Green, ...

WRR began broadcasting out of Dallas in the fall of 1920—actually a little before KDKA signed on to the air—but did not become a licensed station until August, 1921, which makes it the second oldest ...

Boris Karloff and James Whale created the template for a hundred years of horror movies to follow with 'Frankenstein' at ...

Dave’s History Adventures is a new series highlighting local history with Dave Nopel. To suggest an adventure, email Molly ...

The Trojans hold an 11-2 all-time series lead over the Fighting Illini, including a 6-0 record in Champaign. The last meeting between the two programs was the 2008 Rose Bowl, which USC won 49-17.

1919 – The Cubs beat the Braves, 3 – 0, in 58 minutes. It took the Robins 55 minutes to beat the Reds, 3 – 1. Slim Sallee throws 65 pitches, topping Christy Mathewson’s 69-pitch complete game. 1947 – ...

When Donald Walter Bergman was just a teenager his father, Herman Bergman, founded Bergman Nurseries in Quincy, Illinois all ...