Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on January 15. Check what happened ...

1906: Marshall Field died in New York of pneumonia contracted during a winter game of golf. He’s buried in Graceland Cemetery ...

Today in History for Jan. 31: In 1561, Menno Simons, whose followers became known as Mennonites, died. Born in the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal and Florida state holiday observed on the third Monday in January. Here's what you ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Two Kansas museums are in the running for USA Today’s 10Best History Museums.

Bruce Ramsey's new book “Seattle in the Great Depression” takes readers into the grit and grind of living through the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed Monday, Jan. 19. In 2025, the holiday coincided with the inauguration of ...

On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia went live and invited anyone with an internet connection to help build an encyclopedia. At the ...

On Jan. 15, 2009, US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger landed an Airbus A320 safely in New York’s Hudson River after ...

Notable people born on this day include singer and actress Dove Cameron, actress Regina King and singer Pitbull.

In 1929, Ernest Orlando Lawrence invented the cyclotron: a compact, efficient particle accelerator that used magnets. Two ...

When air traffic picked up in the 1920s, pilots were left to navigate on their own, then others started to step in.