Rock star Janis Joplin found dead in Hollywood home (1970)
Rock Star Janis Joplin Found Dead In Hollywood Home
Rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead in her Hollywood home on October 4. The coroner's office ... Read more...
Famed rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix dies (1970)
Famed rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix is dead
Dies a millionaire at 24
By John J. Meehan
Electric guitarist Jimi Hendrix, 24-year-old millionaire i... Read more...
Photos of the aftermath: Galveston’s killer hurricane and flood (1900)
Thousands of men, women and children swept to sudden death. Millions of dollars worth of property destroyed. Heroic efforts to save human life. The world shocked by the appalling news. Such is the thrilling story of the Galveston flood.
Texas officers trap and kill notorious duo Bonnie & Clyde (1934)
Texas officers trap and kill Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker
Outlaw's Auto Runs into Ambush in Louisiana
Pair Are Riddled With Bullets on Highway... Read more...
The fate of Galveston, Texas: The hurricane disaster of 1900
A witness describes how water was blown over Galveston by the hurricane -- the wind blowing at the rate of eighty miles an hour straight from the gulf, and driving the sea water before it in great waves.
Lizzie Borden & the infamous axe murders (1892)
Here's a news story about the Lizzie Borden double murder from just 5 days after the killings. Soon, this sensationally dramatic tale would rivet the nation.
President Lincoln’s funeral (1865)
Remains of President Lincoln in Chicago
Yesterday was a marked day in the history of Chicago -- a day long to be remembered by the hundreds of th... Read more...
The crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines flight 182 (1978)
On a clear, unseasonably hot morning on September 25, 1978, residents of San Diego's North Park neighborhood were getting their days underway -- not r... Read more...
Florence Nightingale’s life one long sacrifice (1820-1910)
"Angel of the Battlefield" revered by all soldiers
Florence Nightingale's life was one long sacrifice for the cause of suffering humanity
The firs... Read more...
Harriet Tubman’s obituary: The notable career of a slave (1913)
Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross -- nicknamed "Minty" -- around 1820-1823.
In the words of the Library of Congress, "Harriet Tubman was a runa... Read more...
Reactions to Elvis’ death (1977)
Elvis' Hollywood Blvd star receives respect
Placement of producer Bill Burrud's bronze star in Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame has been postpone... Read more...
A look back at Elvis, from right after his death (1977)
A view of Elvis...
The writer was six years old when Elvis Presley began making his presence felt in the world of music. Now, at 27, he reflects on... Read more...
Death claims Elvis (1977)
Death claims Elvis
King of rock suffers heart failure at 42
Memphis -- Elvis Presley, the gyrating king of rock n' roll who forever changed the fa... Read more...
Vintage Ghostbusters: Brooklyn Society for the Extermination of Ghosts (1904)
The ghosts within a radius of a hundred miles of New York might as well quit, and haunted houses still the restless spirits that moan at midnight.
Zeppelin Hindenburg explodes, falls (1937)
Zeppelin Hindenburg explodes, falls at Lakehurst - Known dead number 33
Giant airliner plunges in flames after safely crossing Atlantic Ocean
He... Read more...
Crash kills young actor James Dean (1955)
Speed-loving James Dean, Hollywood's latest bobby sox idol, was killed last night in a head-on collision of his $7,000 German sports car and anoth... Read more...
On JFK’s birthday, a family visit to Arlington (1964)
On a birthday, a family visit to Arlington
The scene could have been fashioned on canvas by a Renaissance master. The mother bowed her head. The chil... Read more...
A view on birth control from 1915
Letter to the Editor: Child birth control
Letter from Allen Steven, published on June 02, 1915 in The Day Book (Chicago, Illinois)
We are long sin... Read more...
Martin Luther King Jr slain by lone Memphis assassin (1968)
Negro leader Dr King slain by lone Memphis assassin
Widespread Negro violence, including arson and shooting, broke out in several American cities a... Read more...
Notorious gangster John Dillinger killed in Chicago (1934)
Kill John Dillinger at Chicago
Desperado, wounded by three slugs, broke line of fire; Died in alley
U.S. Justice Department Agents and East Chic... Read more...
The bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
60 Percent of Jap City Blasted By Atom Bomb, Reports Show
Tokyo Broadcasts Admit All Living Things Seared To Death by New Weapon
Results of Ex... Read more...
A fond farewell to Susan B Anthony (1906)
Through the greater part of 60 years of strenuously active public life, Susan B Anthony was probably the most maligned woman who ever trod the earth.
Four killed at Kent State as troops fire on crowd
Four killed at Kent State as troops fire on crowd
Kent, Ohio students were shot to death and 11 other persons wounded, four seriously, in a confr... Read more...
Apollo 1 astronauts die in fire (1967)
Dreaded cry: 'Fire in spacecraft!'
Cape Kennedy, Florida -- The searing fire that snuffed out the lives of three Apollo astronauts in a split secon... Read more...
Battlefield report: Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)
Big Foot's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29, 1890), with bodies of several Lakota Sioux people wrapped in blankets in the fo... Read more...
The Battle of Little Bighorn: Original newspaper story (1876)
On the morning of June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry charged into battle against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenn... Read more...
