was born in New York City on this day in history, Oct. 27, 1858. He left a massive imprint on both our national heritage and physical landscape and set in motion the ascendancy of the American ...
One of television's best-known personalities, Johnny Carson, the iconic host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, was born on this day in history, on Oct. 23, 1925. Carson had Midwestern roots and ...
On this day in Boston Celtics history, franchise icon small forward Paul Pierce was born in Oakland, California in 1977. A product of the University of Kansas, Pierce somehow managed to slip to be ...
Lewis’s cause of death is disputed to this day. He may have died by suicide, or he may have been shot and killed by robbers along the treacherous Natchez Trace trail. Eleanor Roosevelt is born in New ...
Irish physicist Ernest Walton was born in Co Waterford on October 6 ... winning a scholarship to college in 1922. Love Irish history? Share your favorite stories with other history buffs in ...
On This Day, October 29: The former Aussie opener, Matthew Hayden was born on this day, and was once compared to Graeme Hick, often seen as a player who thrived on good pitches but struggled to ...