But they fled December 29, when Captain John Sprigg led about 100 Confederates to a hill overlooking Sutton. Convinced they ...

On this date in 1845, Texas officially became the 28th state to join the United States. It came 6 months after the Republic ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On this day in 1972, the long-awaited John Henry statue was put up at the Big Ben tunnel in West ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in an Iowa plane crash on what was supposed to be a plane ride to their next stop on the Winter Dance Party ...

The Day Science Fell for One of the Most Absurd Hoaxes Ever On December 18, 1912, a group of distinguished gentlemen gathered ...

(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 date in 1939, the film named “most influential film of all time,” The ...

On December 29, 1890, U.S. Army troops killed hundreds of Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. December 29 marks ...

Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photos from Iwo Jima helped the United States raise $26 billion for the war and served as the basis for the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia On This Day in ...