April 30 highlights Vietnam War's end, Washington's first presidency, Hitler's death, Louisiana Purchase, and cultural icons ...

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From the time Bob Weihe at age 9 accompanied his mother to the 1947 Kentucky Derby, and she recommended he crawl through ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 30, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” may have ushered in the end of the Vietnam War. But it was far from over for the thousands of Americans who had spent nearly 20 years fighting it.

Henry Chadwick published his first annual baseball handbook. The book eventually evolved into Spalding’s Official Baseball ...

From a confused 1977 review to modern fandom, explore how the Times Union has chronicled the Star Wars franchise over the ...

Glen Campbell was already a massive star, with nearly two decades in the music business, when he released the single ...

On May 3, 1999, 76 tornadoes tore across the U.S. Plains states, killing about 50 people and injuring hundreds.

Illinois quickly passed an eight-hour workday law, which went into effect on this date. Workers thought the vague language of ...

None of the five people killed by British soldiers in Springhill "should have been shot in the circumstances," an inquest in ...