This day in History: 1973 - In a highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, top women’s player Billie Jean King, 29, beats...

This day in History: 1993 - After decades of bloody animosity, representatives of Israel and Palestine meet on the South Lawn of the...

This day in History: 1915 - A prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie rolls off the assembly line in England. Little Willie was far from...

This day in History: 1967 - Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He would...

This day in History: 1925 - Despite worldwide demonstrations in support of their innocence, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and...

This day in History: 1896 - While salmon fishing near the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon Territory George Carmack reportedly spots...

This day in History: 1974 - In accordance with his statement of resignation the previous evening, Richard M. Nixon officially ends his...

This day in History: 1990 - At about 2 a.m. local time, Iraqi forces invade Kuwait, Iraq’s tiny, oil-rich neighbor. Kuwait’s defense...

This day in History: 1775 - The U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first...

This day in History: 1799 - During Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovers a black basalt slab inscribed with...