Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on November 4. Check what happened ...

A group of Iranian students charged into the gates and scaled the walls of the US embassy in Tehran on 1979. They took more ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 31, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Halloween weather in Chicago: The ...

On October 28, 1954, the North American FJ-4 Fury made its first flight, marking a major leap in carrier-based jet design.

On November 3, 1965, Major Robert Rushworth made the first flight of the modified X-15A-2 rocketplane, reaching Mach 2.31 ...

1999: Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Walter Payton died of bile duct cancer and liver failure at age 45. “The last 12 months have been extremely tough on me and my family. … Our greatest thanks goes out ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, Shelden Williams was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983. An alum of the Duke Blue ...

The government shutdown could reach the longest-ever by Election Day. How long have the longest shutdowns lasted? Reasons?

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On this ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Sixty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy single-handedly brought the world back from the brink of nuclear war by ...

US interventions in the region have led to coups, revolutions and what some analysts are now calling illegal extrajudicial ...