By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Monday, April 8, the 99th day of 2024. There are 267 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, ...
By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 3, the 94th day of 2024. There are 272 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 3, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what turned out to be his final speech, telling a rally of striking ...
By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, April 2, the 93rd day of 2024. There are 273 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Jozef Wojtyla, who became one of the most influential leaders of the 20th and early 21st ...
By The Associated Press Today is Monday, April 1, the 92nd day of 2024. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day. Today’s Highlights in History: On April 1, 1972, the first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on ...
By The Associated Press Today is Friday, March 29, the 89th day of 2024. There are 277 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 29, 1973, the last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War. On ...
By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, March 28, the 88th day of 2024. There are 278 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 28, 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile ...