Barack Obama became the 44th U.S. President and the first African American elected to the White House. The 47-year-old ...

Gotham at War,’ a new essay by Mike Wallace, takes on special significance ahead of the mayoral election that could be won by ...

Today in History for Nov. 4: In 1809, the steamer "Accommodation," the first on the St. Lawrence, arrived at Quebec from Montreal. The trip took 66 hours at a speed of five knots but 30 hours were ...

The first vehicle of the brand we know as Jeep today was made in 1940, but back then, there was no Jeep slogan, because the ...

1948: The Tribune was on deadline. In the absence of election results, the newspaper assumed that New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) would sink incumbent Harry S. Truman (Democrat). He didn’t.

US President Donald Trump unveiled a renovation of the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House, replacing 1940s green tiles with black-and-white marble to reflect Lincoln-era aesthetics.

Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1940. Footage is preserved by the Tennessee Archive of ...