By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2024. There are 328 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 7, 1962, President John F. Kennedy imposed a full trade embargo on Cuba. On this date: In 1857, a French court ...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2024. There are 330 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history, though a ...

By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2024. There are 332 days left in the year. Today in History: On Feb. 3, 1959, which would become known as “the day the music died,” rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2024. There are 335 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral. On ...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2024. There are 344 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. On this date: In ...

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2024. There are 348 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 18, 1778, English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he named the “Sandwich Islands.” On ...