By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2021. There are 123 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. On this ...

By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2021. There are 125 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people listened as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2021. There are 126 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 27, 1776, the Battle of Long Island began during the Revolutionary War as British troops attacked American forces who ended up being ...

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2021. There are 127 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women's right to vote, was certified in effect by ...

Today is Monday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2021. There are 137 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. On this date: In 1777, American forces won the Battle of Bennington in what ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2021. There are 140 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 13, 1910, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, died in London at age 90. On this date: In 1521, Spanish conqueror ...