This day in History: 1906 - At 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California,...

This day in History: 1968 - Just after 6 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his...

This day in History: 1979 - At 4 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when...

This day in History: 1965 - In the name of African American voting rights, 3,200 civil rights demonstrators in Alabama, led by Martin...

This day in History - 1879: Albert Einstein is born, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany. Einstein’s theories of...

This day in History: 1965 - In Selma, Alabama, a 600-person civil rights demonstration ends in violence when marchers are attacked and...

This day in History: 1953 - Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the...

This day in History: 1965 - In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated while...

This day in History: 270 - Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, is said to have been executed. Under the...

This day in History: 1950 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman publicly announces his decision to support the development of the hydrogen...