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CNN via Yahoo News UK· 2 weeks agoHappy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! While you’re sipping coffee from a new mug and reading homemade construction paper cards, consider this: Fatherhood can be good for men, psychologically ...
Today in History: May 5, Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoToday in History Today is Sunday, May 5, the 126th day of 2024. There are 240 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America ...
Today in History: April 16, Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter From Birmingham Jail'
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoOn April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in which the civil rights activist responded to a group of local clergymen who had criticized him for leading ...
Today in History: April 13, Apollo 13 damaged by explosion
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoOn April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first Black performer to win an Academy Award for best actor or best actress with his performance in “Lilies of the Field.” In 1743, the third president ...
Today in History: March 25, ‘Scottsboro Boys’ are taken off train and wrongly accused
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoToday in History Today is Monday, March 25, the 85th day of 2024. There are 281 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 25, 1931, in the so-called “Scottsboro Boys” case ...
Today in History: February 29, Hattie McDaniel becomes first Black actor to win an Oscar
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoOn February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award when she took best supporting actress for “Gone With the Wind,” which won eight Oscars overall including ...
Today in History: January 27, 3 astronauts die in fire during test of Apollo spacecraft
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoToday in History Today is Saturday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2024. There are 339 days left in the year. Today in History: On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White ...
Today in History: January 20, Franklin Roosevelt inaugurated on new, earlier date
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoToday in History Today is Saturday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2024. There are 346 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first ...
5 things to know for Jan. 4: Border battle, Supreme Court, Jeffrey Epstein, Iran, Ford recall
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoNASA has grand visions for the year ahead, including a mission to send astronauts deeper into the...
The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance UK· 7 months agoYevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin...