Today in Music History for Jan. 29: In 1925, Lois Marshall, one of Canada's leading sopranos in the 1950s and '60s, was born in Toronto. She died of cancer on Feb. 19, 1997.

Today in History for Jan. 30: In 1649, King Charles I was beheaded. In 1730, Russian Czar Peter II died of smallpox on his wedding day. In 1868, the Nova Scotia legislature opened its first session.

Sixty-eight years ago today, George Jones released a hit single that would later inspire a long and diverse list of artists to record it.

EDITOR’S NOTE: These are excerpts from the report by Herald reporter Ruth Bledsoe in the Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1958, Clinton Herald. The worst fire in Clinton’s history early today swept a block-long ...

100 Years Ago, 1925: John King, 1415 W. Third St., had his life placed in jeopardy late last night when his automobile, a large sedan, got beyond his control when he was backing down an incline from ...

On the University of Alabama campus, you’ll see one year referenced over and over: 1831. The school opened for business and began classes April 18, 1831. But it was actually founded a decade earlier ...

On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mah-SKOH’-nee) and city supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk were fatally shot inside City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White. Also on ...

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 ...

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 ...

100 Years Ago, 1925: The seventh anniversary of the Armistice was observed in Chester today with two minutes of silence, the signal for the ceasing of activity being the sounding of taps by an ...

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 ...

On this day (November 7) in 1958, Eddie Cochran made his UK chart debut with “Summertime Blues.” Penned by Chochran and Jerry Capehart, the song peaked at No. 18 on the Official UK Singles Chart. It ...