Lifestyle This Day in History Updated Apr 13, 2025 In 1861, Union Gen. John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. (However, Fremont’s emancipation …
Lifestyle This Day in History Updated Apr 11, 2025 In 1861, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant occupied Paducah, Kentucky, during the Civil War.
Lifestyle This Day in History Updated Apr 11, 2025 In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman sighted present-day New Zealand.
Lifestyle This day in history Updated Apr 1, 2025 In 1670, the Hudson Bay Company was chartered by England’s King Charles II.
Arts & Entertainment This Day in History Updated Apr 1, 2025 On Aug. 30, 1862, Union forces were defeated by the Confederates at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Va.