The Erie Canal opened Oct. 26, 1825 and proved one of the most successful public works projects in American history, ...

Harry Houdini, the remarkable illusionist who stunned international audiences with his death-defying escape act, was shackled eternally by the Grim Reaper on this Halloween in history, Oct. 31, 1926. ...

Discover the history behind why Americans vote on a Tuesday in November, a tradition dating back to 1845, and how it impacts ...

Imperial Japan sent its first wave of kamikaze suicide planes to the U.S. Navy off the coast of the Philippines on Oct. 25, ...

President Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City on Oct. 27, 1858, and went on to live a giant life as war hero and ...

The United States formally secured the acquisition of the vast Alaska territory from Russia on Oct. 18, 1867. The data is ...

The USS Constitution was launched on Oct. 21, 1797, in Boston on this day in history. She went on to a legendary career in ...

Today is the 302nd day of 2024. There are 64 days left in the year. 2011: The Commonwealth countries agree to change centuries-old rules of succession that put sons on the British throne ahead of any ...

1938: US State Dept. makes a public text of the note ... impacts Jamaica for a third day, causing grief and destruction. 1975: The Soviet Union and East Germany sign a revised treaty of ...

It is fitting that Samhain, now transformed into Halloween, should still be celebrated with pumpkins and ghosts in modern ...

On Oct. 26, 1944, after four days of furious fighting, the World War II battle of Leyte Gulf, largest air-naval clash in ...