HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- On this date in 1938, Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature. She was born in Hillsboro ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - On this day in history, Vermont said goodbye to “the music man.” Dick Ellis passed away on Sept. 28, ...

October 01 marks notable birthdays and deaths of influential figures throughout history, celebrating legacies in the arts, ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On Oct. 6, 1956, Albert Sabin announced his oral vaccine against polio was ready for testing. Polio had been raging in the United States, with 21,000 cases of paralysis in 1952.

While the rest of the state celebrates Cabrini Day on the first Monday of October in lieu of Columbus Day, a Denver metro ...

On October 4, 1942, a strong activist, singer and historian was born in Albany. Bernice Johnson Reagon was the daughter of a ...

October 5, 1912, students at South Dakota Mines kicked off their homecoming tradition, “M-Day.” This day, 113 years ago, ...

Oct. 1, 1800: The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was signed, giving Louisiana back to France from Spain. Spain secretly traded New Orleans and territory West of the Mississippi River in exchange for an ...

Over 60 years ago the Little Rock Nine made history when they entered Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Pine Ridge agent John Brennan was ordered to collect a $1 tax on what was called “excess cattle” on the reservation. This was ...

Before there was Mr. Rogers or Sesame Street, there was Captain Kangaroo. The children’s show launched on CBS and KNOE on Oct ...

Hurricane Rita hit on Sept. 24, 2005, just weeks after Hurricane Katrina. Cameron Parish was flooded, thousands were without power and evacuees from both storms filled ArkLaMiss shelters. Cotton ...