Today's Highlight in History: On May 26th, 1940, the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, during World War Two began. On this date: I...
Today's Highlight in History: On May 25th, 1787, the Constitutional Convention was convened in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up fo...
Today's Highlight in History: On May 24th, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message, "What hath God wrought!" from Washington to ...
Today's Highlight in History: On May 23rd, 1960, Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. (Eichmann was ...
Today's Highlight in History: On May 22nd, 1947, the "Truman Doctrine" was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid fo...
Today's Highlight in History: On May 21st, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his "Spirit of St. Louis" near Paris, completing the first ...
Today's Highlight in History: On May 20th, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, aboard the "Spirit...
Today's Highlight in History: On May 19th, 1935, T.E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died in England from injuries sustai...
Today's Highlight in History: On May 18th, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing. On ...
Today's Highlight in History: On May 17th, 1792, the New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree located on what is now Wa...