In 1901, daredevil Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. In 1929, $5 billion in ...

In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On this date in 1991 ...

Four months after a multi-national conference in San Francisco drafted its charter, the United Nations officially began on ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - On this day in history, October 24, 1954, then WSAU TV Channel 7 broadcast for the first time. At the ...

On October 24, 1957, actor Bing Crosby married entertainment columnist Kathryn Grant at St. Anne’s Catholic Church.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On this date in 1977, the New River Gorge Bridge was dedicated in Fayette County, WV. It’s 876 ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - On this day in October 23, 1869, American football icon John Heisman was born. He launched a career that would leave an indelible mark on college football and Georgia sports ...

The ongoing government shutdown became the second-longest in US history Wednesday, surpassing the 1995-96 lapse in federal ...