Over 80 years ago on Dec. 8, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan following the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor ...

MACON, Ga. (WALB) - On December 16, 1769, Jesse Mercer, the namesake of Mercer University, was born. Mercer is an icon in ...

Dartmouth College was founded on this day in 1769 when Eleazar Wheelock was issued a royal charter for the school.

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back at every day in ‘This Day In History.’ On this date in 1939, the film named “most influential film of all time,” The ...

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On this date in 1970, a new federal agency opened its doors, changing how America ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - September 4, 1951. US President Harry S. Truman gives the first-ever coast-to-coast live broadcast to the American people. His televised speech focused on the acceptance of ...

December 10, 1906. President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Prize. He received the peace prize ...

FITZGERALD, Ga. (WALB) - On December 2, 1896, the city of Fitzgerald, Georgia was officially incorporated.

December 17, 1903. Please fasten your seatbelts. The first powered manned flight takes off! Wilbur and Orville Wright’s ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - November 10, 1775: The U.S. Marine Corps was born. It was created with a resolution by the second Continental Congress. Following the Revolutionary War, it was again ...