February 19th, 2019
British race car driver Capt. Malcolm Campbell is shown in his Napier-Campbell “Bluebird,” powered with a twelve-cylinder motor, after setting a new world’s record of 206.95602 miles per hour on the…
British race car driver Capt. Malcolm Campbell is shown in his Napier-Campbell “Bluebird,” powered with a twelve-cylinder motor, after setting a new world’s record of 206.95602 miles per hour on the…
Clyde W. Tombaugh, the discoverer of the ninth planet Pluto, poses with homemade telescopes at his home in Burdette, Kan., April 17, 1930. Tombaugh, a Kansas farm boy with a penchant…
President Richard Nixon and first lady Pat Nixon wave as they board Air Force One, dubbed The Spirit of ’76, at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, Feb. 17, 1972. They…
Members of the Egyptian police perform arms drill, Feb. 16, 1979. (AP Photo/Bill Foley) Today in History Today is Saturday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2019. There are 318 days…
Remarkable picture of the guns of a Hurricane aircraft of Fighter Command Royal Air Force firing a burst of 1600 rounds at night. To secure the luminous effect a proportion of…
This Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1997 file photo shows seven-month-old Dolly, the genetically cloned sheep, looking towards the camera at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. Keith Campbell, a prominent biologist who…
The Backwash of the Tidal wave caused by the November Cyclone has eroded rich topsoil of Bhola Island in the Delta Region of East Pakistan on Feb.13, 1971. (AP Photo) Today…
Part of the 19th Bombardment group, Americas most bemedalled unit of fighting airmen, lines up on review at ceremonies at the Rattlesnake bombs base at Pyote in Texas Feb. 12, 1943,…
In this Oct. 13, 1997 file photo, Whitney Houston looks over her shoulder as her husband Bobby Brown looks to her at the premiere of “The Wonderful World of Disney” movie…
The Amazing effect wrought by the Mosquito planes of the Royal Air Force, when they raided factories working for the Nazis in Copenhagen on Feb. 10, 1943. The fact that the…
The British rock and roll group the Beatles are shown on stage with Ed Sullivan before their live television appearance on the The Ed Sullivan Show at CBS’ Studio 50 in…
Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2019. There are 326 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen…
The Beatles face the media on their arrival at JFK airport in New York in this Feb. 7, 1964, file photo taken by Associated Press photographer Charles Tasnadi. Tasnadi, who braved…
Former Olympic figure skater, Alain Calmet of France, is seen after lighting the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremony of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, Feb. 6, 1968. (AP Photo)…
A state burial for a policeman and a Nazi who were shot down by communists took place in Berlin. The Nazi greeting the conduct on Feb. 5, 1933. (AP Photo) Today…
In this Feb. 4, 1974 file photo, a streaker appears on stage surprising David Niven, right, who isn’t quite sure what’s happening behind him, as the man later identified as Robert…
A Yemeni demonstrator, center, waves his national flag during a demonstration against the government, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Thousands of opponents of Yemen’s government and its supporters are…
In this Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 file photo, a man dressed in Red Army World War II uniform walks toward the monument to Motherland during ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of…
Evangelist Billy Graham, in Washington to attend the 19th annual National Prayer Breakfast, speaks to a group of newsmen at the National Press Club, Feb. 1, 1971. The unusual lighting effect…
Members of an RAF fighter service echelon gather around a campfire in Burma, Jan. 31, 1945 after a days advance with 14. Army troops on the Mandalay front. Their duties are…