1994: Five-year-old Eric Morse was dropped from the 14th floor of the Ida B. Wells public housing complex by Jesse Rankins, ...

On October 14, 1938, the Curtiss P-40 made its first flight. Known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, and Kittyhawk, this iconic ...

Today is the U.S. Navy’s actual birthday, observed every year on October 13. It was on this day in 1775 that the Continental Congress green-lighted the first U.S. naval force. According to ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 14, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

The Senate began voting just before noon today on an extension to reopen the government. Here's what's happened.

Every day has a history tied to it — small moments, big turns, lives changed. What happened on October 17? In 1777, British ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, the preseason was shelved in 1998 as union bargaining between the National Basketball ...

1975: The Illinois Supreme Court voided a new death penalty law, saying the legislature lacked constitutional authority to ...