The Great Chicago Fire—a fire that would ultimately kill 300 people and destroy more than 17,000 buildings—started in a cow barn owned by Patrick and
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Posse that killed Bonnie and Clyde On May 23, 1934, the legendary criminals Bonnie and Clyde were shot and killed by police while driving a
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt upset the majority of the nation when he changed the date of Thanksgiving. Up to that point, the date
On April 2, 1917, Jeannette Rankin assumed her seat in the House of Representatives, making her the first woman to be elected to Congress. Rankin
On March 24, 1958, 23-year-old Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army. Elvis, like other young men, had registered for the draft when he
There are many historical black papers that we have on Newspapers.com. These include dozens of papers that were either black owned, were geared toward a