Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

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

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

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 ...

1906: The Chicago White Sox — nicknamed the “Hitless Wonders” (manager Fielder Jones ‘ team hit .230, the worst in the American League during the 1906 season with only seven home runs) — defeated the ...

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

The unyielding commitment for freedom held by the determined Texians was embodied both in the flag they carried into the first battle in the constitution of the new nation that ...

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

The ongoing government shutdown persists, but is it the longest the nation has seen? These are longest shutdowns in U.S.