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On this date in 1789, a Baptist preacher first distilled a popular spirit. And in 1965, one of the longest running scripted TV programs in the world...

On this date in 1789 James Madison stood in front of the House of Representatives and introduced a major document. And in 1984, one of the most...

On this date in 1886, a man by the name of John Pemberton carried a bottle of his famous "medicine" to Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, and the rest was...

On this date in 1930 that baseball legend Babe Ruth made headlines with a new contract. And in 1962, this new (and later legendary) musical group made...

On this date in 1879, this product was sold for the first time in glass bottles. And in 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an Executive order.

Explore the Amazon, the Nile and the Mississippi rivers in this three-part series.

ABC had "Lost," a TV show about the survivors of a plane crash. This fall, NBC will have a new airline drama that could be called "found."

Also: A rare recording of Flannery O'Connor speaking on "The Grotesque in Southern Literature," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg writes a poem; and the best books coming out this week.

A new technology arrived at the White House on this day in 1922 thanks to President Warren G. Harding. And in 1960, NBA Hall of Famer and Boston Celtics...

The first Westminster Dog Show took place on this date in 1877. And in 1945, President Harry S. Truman made a historic radio announcment about World War...