By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Sept. 4, the 248th day of 2024. There are 118 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 4, 1949, more than 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, N.Y. as an anti-Communist mob attacked ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Aug. 30, the 243rd day of 2024. There are 123 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 30, 1916, on his fourth attempt, explorer Ernest Shackelton successfully returned to Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue 22 of his stranded crew ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Aug. 28, the 241st day of 2024. There are 125 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech before an estimated 250,000 people ...

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Aug. 27, the 240th day of 2024. There are 126 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions. The explosions (which could be heard 3,000 miles away) and ...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Aug. 26, the 239th day of 2024. There are 127 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 26, 1944, French Gen. Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a victory march in Paris, which had just been liberated by the ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Aug. 23, the 236th day of 2024. There are 130 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug 23, 1970, the Salad Bowl strike began, organized by farm labor leader Cesar Chavez; between 5,000-10,000 laborers walked off the job, leading to the ...