Jan. 03, 2025 00:01 AM EST
Today is Friday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2025. There are 362 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Jan. 3, 1920, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the contract of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, beginning a championship era for the Yankees and decades...
Dec. 29, 2024 18:47 PM EST
— Oct. 1, 1924: James Earl Carter Jr. is born in Plains, Georgia, son of James Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter.
— June 1946: Carter graduates from the U.S. Naval Academy.
— July 1946: Carter marries Rosalynn Smith, in Plains. They have four children, John William...
Dec. 23, 2024 16:28 PM EST
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later, Donald Trump is threatening to take back the waterway for the same republic.
The...
Dec. 20, 2024 00:09 AM EST
Today is Friday, Dec. 20, the 355th day of 2024. There are 11 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States.
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