Posted 10:49 AM 5/16/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
Today is Thursday, May 16, the 136th day of 2013. There are 229 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 16, 1943, the nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great (More)...
Posted 9:34 AM 5/15/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
Today's Highlight in History: On May 15, 1863, Edouard Manet's painting "Le dejeuner sur l'herbe" (The Lunch on the Grass) went on display in Paris, scandalizing viewers with its depiction of a nude woman seated on the ground with two fully dressed men at a picnic in a wooded area. (More)...
Posted 10:26 AM 5/14/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
Today is Tuesday, May 14, the 134th day of 2013. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1973, the United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station. (Skylab 1 remained in orbit for six years before burning up (More)...
Posted 9:59 AM 5/13/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
Today is Monday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2013. There are 232 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 13, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Brady v. Maryland, upheld, 7-2, a lower court decision overturning the death sentence (but not the (More)...
Posted 9:44 AM 5/10/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
Today is Friday, May 10, the 130th day of 2013. There are 235 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 10, 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson died of pneumonia, a complication resulting from being hit by (More)...
Posted 10:02 AM 5/9/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
Today is Thursday, May 9, the 129th day of 2013. There are 236 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 9, 1754, a political cartoon in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette depicted a snake cut into eight pieces, each section representing a (More)...