On this day in 1916, John D. Rockefeller became the world’s first billionaire. Rockefeller was known primarily as a ...

Under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine Black students entered the all-white Central High School in ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On September 30, 1915, former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox was born. Maddox became the governor of Georgia in 1966, but he has a bit of a complicated political history. As a ...

(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 1908, the first hour-long flight took to the sky. Orville Wright ...

Stanislav Petrov's 1983 nuclear alert, 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and the birth of scientific pioneer Emilie du ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On September 29, 1948, the first live commercial TV program was broadcast from Georgia. WSB-TV, the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - On this day in 1972, a Bowling Green Falcon was flying high in Munich. Track star Dave Wottle won the gold in the 800-meter race in the summer Olympics. 53 years later, 13 Action ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- On this date in 1938, Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature. She was born in Hillsboro ...

Lamar University has gone through multiple name changes, but on this day in 1971, its current designation was given. On Aug. 23, 1971, Lamar State College of Technology officially became Lamar ...

(KPLC) - For the next year, KPLC will be looking back at significant people and milestones that helped shape our communities leading up to our country’s 250th birthday. Browse through significant ...