On this date in 1981, Muhammad Ali fought in his last professional match. In his 61st professional fight, Ali faced Trevor ...

PLAINS, Ga. (WALB) - On December 12, 1974, Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for president. Carter’s political career ...

On this date in 1907, the famous Adkins bankruptcy case out of Lincoln County, WV, led to the sentencing of 10 people in federal court.

Over 80 years ago on Dec. 8, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan following the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor ...

Leona Helmsley, nicknamed the “Queen of Mean” by the press, received a four-year prison sentence, 750 hours of community ...

Johnson Lake began to fill in December 1940 after its dam was closed. It was named for George E. Johnson, an electrical and ...

On December 10, 1967, legendary soul musician Otis Redding, who was from South Georgia, died in a plane crash. Redding was ...

University of Nebraska alumnus George Beadle shared the Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology with Edward Tatum for the ...

Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June each year. In 2025, Father's Day falls on Sunday, June 15. Father's Day officially became a national holiday in 1972 under President Nixon.

A Spokane judge presiding over a grand larceny case declared a mistrial for an unusual reason: A witness escaped from custody ...

Every day has a history; even the date on your calendar might hide stories that shaped the world. Have you ever wondered what happened on December 11? On this day over the centuries, the world ...