2005: The Chicago Bears’ 24-17 victory over the Green Bay Packers clinched the team’s first division title since 2001, ...

On this day Valley history, Quentin Tarantino’s "Django Unchained" was released in theaters across the United States.

This new initiative will make thousands of historic papers available to researchers and content makers, shining a light on ...

Outdoor Christmas lights trace their origin to 1914 when a Denver man illuminated a tree to uplift his bedridden son, ...

Robbins secured the traveling rights to the Missionary Ridge Cyclorama in 1889 and took it around the country, starting in ...

Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 1917 — Toronto’s Harry ...

Today in History for Dec. 24: In 1524, Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator who found the sea route from Europe to the East, died in Cochin, India. In 1781, Canada's first Christmas tree was ...

We know, we know - history can seem like a dud. Learning about people who aren't even on this Earth anymore - their birth, ...

Audiences have been getting a kick out of the Rockettes for 100 years, and clearly the dance troupe still has legs. They're ...

Every week in Forward, our Monday newsletter, Brittany Carloni shares a short story from Wisconsin history. Today we present the last 12 editions of Back Words.

Sen. Albert M. Spradling Jr.’s 1976 retirement ended a 24-year era in Missouri politics, triggered by a conflict between attorney ethics and new campaign disclosure laws. Here’s how his exit reshaped ...

The Coelacanth is not just the nickname for Comoros’ football team, it's also the name of an ancient fish species that has ...