(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On this date in 1963, a landmark piece of environmental legislation became law in the ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1902, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “KINGSTOWN, ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT — The Venezuelan troop ship Zamora and the Venezuelan coast guard vessel Veinte Tres de Mayo were captured in ...

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On Dec. 22, 2010, former U.S. President Barack Obama signed the repeal of the “Don’t ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1875, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The Committee on the American Centennial Exhibition have received six hundred applications for space in the Italian department, the majority of ...

GEORGIA (WALB) - On December 4, two major Georgia historical events occurred. The first was in 1979 when Jimmy Carter announced his reelection campaign for president. Carter lost in a landslide in ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KWTX) - On December 8, 2012, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman trophy. Known as “Johnny Football,” Manziel had a record-setting ...

December 9, 1958 - In December 1958, University of Nebraska alumnus George Beadle shared the Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology with Edward Tatum for the discovery that genes act by regulating ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On December 29, 2024, Former President Jimmy Carter died peacefully at his Plains, Georgia home He was 100 years old. The peanut farming president made history in October 2024 ...

December 18, 1949 - On December 18, 1949, this photo was taken from a Christmas party for employees at the Lincoln Distributing Company. The party was held at Arrow Inn, located at 1139 West O Street.

On the evening of December 25, 2000, a devastating fire ripped through the four‑story Dongdu Building in Luoyang, Henan province, killing more than 300 people. The blaze began at approximately 9:35 ...

Every day has a history; even the date on your calendar might hide stories that shaped the world. Have you ever wondered what happened on December 11? On this day over the centuries, the world ...

Every day has a history. Have you ever asked what happened on December 25 besides Christmas? Millions around the world know this day as a festival of joy, gifts and family. But long before traditions ...