Advanced Search Close Search
This Day in History
Lifestyle

This Day in History

On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Józef Wojtyła, died in his Vatican apartment at age 84. The first non-Italian pope in over 450 years, John Paul II became one of the most influential leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries while playing a crucial role in the fall of communism in Europe and the former Soviet Union.

After a storied civil rights career, Jesse Jackson headed home to South Carolina to lie in state
National

After a storied civil rights career, Jesse Jackson headed home to South Carolina to lie in state

  • By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is returning to South Carolina for a final public farewell. Jackson will lie in state at the Capitol in Columbia on Monday. The tribute contrasts with his childhood in segregated Greenville. In 1960, Jackson led Black students into a whites-only library to read until police arrested them. That protest started his civil rights career. U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina says he could never have served 33 years in Congress without Jackson's civil rights work. Jackson died on Feb. 17 at age 84 in Chicago.

This Day in History
Lifestyle

This Day in History

On Feb. 22, 1980, the "Miracle on Ice" took place at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, as the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal two days later, 4-2, over Finland.)

Celebrating Juneteenth
Columnists

Celebrating Juneteenth

  • Jon Mays Daily Journal staff

Next Wednesday is Juneteenth, a new holiday with a long and storied past. The posthumous publication of “Juneteenth” by Ralph Ellison, the aut…

Lifestyle

This Day in History

  • Updated

In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.

Lifestyle

This day in history

  • Updated

In 1773, the ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, was born in Charles City County, Virginia.

Lifestyle

This day in history

  • Updated

In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.