Today is Monday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2019. There are 351 days left in the year.<strong>On Jan. 14, 1963,</strong> George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with the pledge, “Segregation forever!” – a view Wallace later ...
Today is Saturday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2017. There are eight days left in the year.<strong>On Dec. 23, 1967,</strong> President Lyndon B. Johnson, on his way home from a visit to Australia and Southeast Asia, held an unprecedented meeting with Pope Paul VI at ...
Today is Friday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2017. There are nine days left in the year.<strong>On Dec. 22, 1944,</strong> during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, U.S. Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe rejected a German demand for surrender, writing “Nuts!” in ...
Today is Thursday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2017. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 11:28 a.m. Eastern time.<strong>On Dec. 21, 1937,</strong> Walt Disney’s first animated feature, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” had its world premiere ...
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2017. There are 11 days left in the year.<strong>On Dec. 20, 1803,</strong> the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France to the United ...
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2017. There are 12 days left in the year.<strong>On Dec. 19, 1777,</strong> during the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge to camp for the ...