Daily History

This Day in History: 1931

The Philadelphia Athletics clinch their third-straight American League pennant.

This Day in History: 1955

Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti".

This Day in History: 1916

Author Roald Dahl is born in South Wales.

This Day in History: 1972

William Boyd, who played Hopalong Cassidy, dies at age 77.

This Day in History: 1857

Mormon guerrillas murder 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah.

This Day in History: 1897

London taxi driver George Smith is the first person arrested for drunk driving.

This Day in History: 1967

Sgt. Duane D. Hackney becomes the first living enlisted man to receive the Air Force Cross.

This Day in History: 2003

The RIAA begins suing individuals for sharing copyrighted mp3 songs.