By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Nov. 13, the 318th day of 2024. There are 48 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 13, 2015, Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris at the national stadium, in a crowded concert hall, in restaurants ...
By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Nov. 12, the 317th day of 2024. There are 49 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States ...
By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Nov. 9, the 314th day of 2024. There are 52 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West for the first time in decades. Also on this ...
MARQUETTE, MI- Erwin J. Holliday, Jr., 91, of Marquette, died Monday, October 28, 2024, at his home. He was born April 14, 1933, in Boston Township, Ionia County, Michigan, a son of the late Irwin J. and Violet (Schrier) Holliday. Erwin served in the US Navy and was a Korean War ...
By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Nov. 7, the 312th day of 2024. There are 54 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman elected to either chamber of ...
By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Nov. 5, the 310th day of 2024. There are 56 days left in the year. Today is Election Day in the United States. Today in history: On Nov. 5, 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by casting a vote in the presidential election; she was later arrested and charged with “knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote.” Found guilty at trial, she was fined $100, which she refused to pay. Also on this date: In 1605, the “Gunpowder Plot” failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English ...
