Today's Highlight in History: On August 27th, 1975, Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia's 3,000-year-old monarchy, died in Addis Abab...
Today's Highlight in History: On August 26th, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democra...
Today's Highlight in History: On August 25th, 1944 Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation. On this date: In 1825...
Today's Highlight in History: On August 24th, 1814, British forces invaded Washington DC, setting fire to the Capitol and the White House. On this...
Today's Highlight in History: On August 23rd, 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the m...
Today's Highlight in History: On August 22nd, 1950, Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to be accepted in competition for the natio...
Today's Highlight in History:On August 21st, 1940, exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City from wounds inflicted by an ass...
Today's Highlight in History: On August 20th, 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force, saying, "Ne...
Today's Highlight in History: On August 19th, 1812, the USS "Constitution" defeated the British frigate "Guerriere" east of No...
Today's Highlight in History: On August 18th, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaran...