Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry died on this day in history, March 18, 2017, at age 90. “Chuck Berry was arguably the founding father of rock ‘n’ roll,” said Neil Portnow, Recording Academy president and CEO, in an article on the
British troops and loyalists fled Boston by ship for Canada in “disgrace” after nearly a decade of occupation that incited protest, bloodshed and then revolution, on this day in history, March 17, 1776. “Surely it is the Lord’s doings and it is
A vicious polar blast is set to rip through Britain according to new weather maps from WX Charts. Maps looking at the UK’s long-range forecast are covered in splashes of purple, signalling the onset of snowfall across swathes of the country. Stretches
The United States Military Academy at West Point, which has trained generations of American leaders to serve from the battlefield to the White House, was established on this day in history, March 16, 1802. Its graduates pioneered America’s way west and humanity’s
Professional baseball was born with the formation of the barnstorming Cincinnati Red Stockings on this day in history, March 15, 1869. “The onset of professionalism was no small step for baseball: players received a small but growing degree of financial stability, and
Physicist Albert Einstein, whose theory of relativity uprooted centuries of settled science and laid the foundation for a new era of achievement for mankind, was born to a prominent Jewish family in Ulm, Germany, on this day in history, March 14, 1879.
The U.S. Army K-9 Corps, which trained more than 10,000 dogs to serve several branches of the American military in World War II, began barking orders to its four-legged foot soldiers on this day in history, March 13, 1942. “Dogs have been
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first “fireside chat” on this day in history, March 12, 1933, to reassure and inform a nation reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. This was the first in a series of broadcasts in which
March is here, which means just one thing for college basketball lovers: March Madness. The annual NCAA college basketball tournament begins on March 19, 2024, when 64 collegiate teams will take their turns playing for the championship title. This year, games will
Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his family left the Philippine island of Corregidor on this day in history, March 11, 1942. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave the island after it became clear it was no longer safe for MacArthur to