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On December 27, 1942, the Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū flew for the first time, becoming one of Japan's fastest and most heavily ...

On Dec. 27, 2013, a car bomb in Beirut killed seven people, including Mohamad Chatah, Lebanon's former ambassador to the ...

The Farmers Mill was built in Edwardsville in 1889. The mill produced two brands of flour, Edwardsville Best and Golden Rod.

A journey into Hitler’s hidden forest headquarters in Poland, where key World War II campaigns were directed and the legacy ...

On Dec. 25, 2020, an RV exploded in downtown Nashville, killing the driver of the vehicle and injuring eight people.

A vintage photo shows 18 children celebrating at Upper Alton’s Jensen’s Music School ...

1978: John Wayne Gacy was arrested in the suspected murders of 33 young men and boys. Police were told Gacy had already ...

1973: Illinois Gov. Dan Walker signed the Illinois Lottery into law, marking the 10th state in the contiguous United States ...

Every day has a history. Have you ever wondered what essential events shaped a date like December 12? There is always something remarkable hidden in the past, waiting to be explored. Some events ...

Today in SCV History, on Dec. 8, 1941, the same day Congress formally declared war on Japan, federal authorities began acting on President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s order to arrest and detain so-called ...