On Nov. 16, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the ...

On Nov. 14, 1910, Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss “Pusher” biplane lifted off ...

1981: Broadcaster Harry Caray brought his antics to the North Side after 11 years as the voice of the Chicago White Sox. Caray signed a two-year contract with WGN radio and television to announce ...

Ford Motor Co. ordered part-time layoffs of 50,000 workers today as cutbacks in strategic defense materials bit into auto production. Already 25,000 other Ford employees were idle in 13 states because ...

2018: Chicago native Derrick Rose scored a career-high 50 points in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 128-125 win over the Utah Jazz in Minneapolis. Rose became the fourth player that season to score at ...

On November 13, 1907, Paul Cornu's experimental helicopter made aviation history with the first free rotary-wing flight. Discover how this pioneering French-built machine shaped the early evolution of ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, Thomas Ernest "Satch" Sanders was born in New York City, New York. Satch -- as he was often ...