1946: The Bears defeated the New York Giants 24-14 before a record NFL title crowd of 58,346 at the Polo Grounds in New York. In the final quarter, coach Luke Johnsos, up in the press box, sent down a ...

Today in Music History for Dec. 14: In 1836, Frances Ridley Havergal, English devotional writer, was born. In frail health most of her life, Havergal nevertheless authored such hymns as "Take My Life" ...

2022 — Washington Capitals center Alex Ovechkin scores a hat trick in 7-3 away win over Chicago Blackhawks to join Wayne Gretzky & Gordie Howe as the only players in NHL history to score 800 goals.

Dec. 12 1937 — Rookie Sammy Baugh throws second-half touchdown passes of 55, 78 and 33 yards to overcome a 14-7 Chicago lead ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

1958: Shortly before classes were to be dismissed, a fire broke out in the basement of Catholic school Our Lady of the Angels in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The fire swept through the school of ...

On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot to death during a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, riding in the same car as Kennedy, was ...

A monument honoring Oklahoma City civil rights leader Clara Luper and participants in the 1958 Katz Drug Store sit-in was damaged by vandalism, authorities say. The monument’s developers say it now ...

1958 – Milwaukee Braves second baseman Red Schoendienst is diagnosed as having tuberculosis and will appear in just five games in 1959. 1997 – The Braves trade Fred McGriff to the expansion Tampa Bay ...

Harley-Davidson's history is as storied as that of American manufacturing. Its story begins in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1903, when William Harley, along with his friends, a trio of brothers named ...

The Impala was the automobile that made Chevrolet the best-selling carmaker in the United States for decades. The moniker's popularity sparked in 1958, when Chevrolet added the African gazelle name to ...

Voters in 17 Florida counties will head to the polls Nov. 4 for local races. Polls in Florida open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. See list of races in Florida counties voting today. UPDATE: See the ...