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Today in History: The Beatles release ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoIn 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order,...
Patt Morrison: In wartime or peacetime, after fires and storms — SoCal piers are survivors
LA Times via AOL· 22 hours agoPiers around Southern California have a nasty habit of catching fire or otherwise surrendering to...
Erik Brady: Chuck Burr’s 1964 Bills championship ring was lost in Lake Erie for 30 years
The Buffalo News· 3 days agoThe ring means a lot to Brian Burr. Chuck Burr, Brian’s late father, was assistant general manager...
'Jeopardy!' Crowns New Champ After Contestant Misses 'Brutal' Daily Double
TV Insider· 7 days agoJeopardy! has itself a new champion after Wednesday night (May 29), but it came at the expense of...
70+ June Trivia Questions to Kickstart Your Summer Fun
LOVE to KNOW via Yahoo News· 6 days agoVostok 6 The chain of events that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon began with the arrest of...
Urban spelunking: Prairie du Chien's Edward Townsend Mix-designed Villa Louis
OnMilwaukee.com· 2 days agoLooking at his many landmarks in Milwaukee, it’s easy to think 19th century architect Edward...
Why D-Day was even more spectacular than remembered
NY Post via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJune 6 marks 80 years since Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of Operation Overlord, the campaign to defeat the Nazis and...
Party like you're 200: Mark Greer shares plans for Akron's year-long bicentennial celebration
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“We want every neighborhood engaged.” Akron became a city Dec. 6, 1825, after Gen. Simon Perkins,...
Today in History
Arizona Daily Sun· 1 day agoThere are 210 days left in the year. On June 4, 1942, the World War II Battle of Midway began, resulting in a decisive American victory against Japan and...
Today in History: June 4
The Herald Bulletin· 2 days agoIn 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian carried out his first publicly assisted suicide, helping Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old Alzheimer’s patient from Portland,...