Stories tagged with: December

Today is Saturday, Dec. 28, the 362nd day of 2019. There are three days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.On this date:In 1612, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook... Read More.

Today is Friday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2019. There are four days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 27, 2001, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld announced that Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners would be held at the U.S. naval base at... Read More.

Today is Thursday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2019. There are five days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 26, 1996, 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.... Read More.

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2019. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis... Read More.

Today is Sunday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2019. There are nine days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 22, 2010, President Barack Obama signed a law allowing gays for the first time in history to serve openly in America's military,... Read More.

Today is Saturday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2019. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 11:19 p.m. Eastern time.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 21, 1988, 270 people were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pam Am... Read More.

Today is Monday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2019. There are eight days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 23, 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been... Read More.