On Sept. 2, 2019, a fire broke out on a diving boat off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, Calif., killing 34 people.

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back at every day in ‘This Day In History.’ On this ...

August 27 has witnessed some truly remarkable moments throughout history.First and foremost, the eruption of Krakatoa in ...

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back at every day in ‘This Day In History.’ On this ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Seventy-three years after it sank to the North Atlantic ocean floor, a joint U.S.-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985. The sunken liner was about ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1890, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Census Superintendent Porter stated today that, while he expected to be able to announce the rough count of the population of the entire ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1892, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The President has prepared a message to Congress calling attention to the tolls imposed by the Canadian government on American vessels ...

America’s first president George Washington stood in front of the assembled Congress in New York City with the first State of the Union address on this day in history, Jan. 8, 1780.

WISN 12 News is celebrating Black History, highlighting important facts and figures each day of Black History Month.

The first Earth Day — held on April 22, 1970 — succeeded in raising environmental awareness in the U.S., leading to the formation of the EPA just three months later.

On This Day in History The Story Behind the World-Famous Photograph of U.S. Marines Raising the American Flag During the Battle of Iwo Jima Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photos from Iwo Jima helped the ...