On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes built and piloted the world's largest airplane, the 200-ton flying boat Spruce Goose, on its only flight, at Long Beach, Calif ...
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his crew arrived in Polynesia after 101 days at sea aboard the Kon-Tiki raft on this day in history, August 7, 1947. Hyderdahl, along with five crewmen (and one ...
On this day (August 4) in 1947, country icon Hank Williams stepped into Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, to record “On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain.” Backed with “Fly Trouble,” Williams ...
WOODWARD, Okla. — On April 9, 1947, one of Oklahoma's most devastating tornadoes hit Woodward. The powerful F5 tornado level 200 city blocks and killed more than 100 people in the city — making it the ...
In Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the Black Day is also being observed today to remind the world of India's illegal occupation of ...