The book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was published on July 16, 1951. The novel has resonated with generations of readers, influencing literature and popular culture. (Amy Sancetta / AP Photo) July […]
The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. (John Trumbull via Wikipedia) July 31863: The pivotal three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major […]
Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone With the Wind was published on June 30, 1934. The 1939 film adaptation would go on to become the highest-grossing movie of all time when adjusted for inflation. (Macmillan Publishers via […]
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, often called Custer’s Last Stand, began on June 25, 1876, as Lt. Col. George A. Custer led U.S. Army troops into a clash with thousands of Lakota Sioux, Northern […]
The Battle of Bunker Hill overlooking Boston shown in 1946 artwork, which colonists finally lost on June 17, 1775. (AP Photo) June 121942: Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, received a diary […]
Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allied invasion of the Normandy coast in France during World War II, was launched on June 6, 1944. The D-Day invasion helped change the course of the war. […]
This May 30, 1911, photo shows Ray Harroun driving his No. 32 Marmon Wasp race car to victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (AP Photo) May 291790: Rhode […]
Notorious bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot and killed by police in Louisiana on May 23, 1934. (AP Photo) May 22 1939: The foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop […]
Beer barrels are destroyed by prohibition agents at a dump after prohibition of alcohol began and the Volstead Act went into effect on Jan. 17, 1920. (AP Photo) Jan. 16 1865: Union Maj. Gen. William […]
“The Curse of the Bambino”, a decades-long sports superstition began on Jan. 3, 1920, when Babe Ruth’s contract with the Boston Red Sox was sold to the New York Yankees. (AP Photo) Jan. 2 1942: […]
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