In 1955, Sears, Roebuck & Co. ran an ad in The Gazette that contained a phone number for children to call Santa. “Hey kiddies!” St. Nick says in the ad. “Call me direct on my telephone.” One of the ...

As far as rock ‘n’ roll standards go, “Blue Suede Shoes” is a shoo-in. So much so that Paul McCartney‘s music publishing ...

Johnny Cash released Folsom Prison Blues 70 years ago and it later saved his career, gave a voice to the forgotten, and ...

One of the worst natural disasters to hit Connecticut struck 70 years ago. On Aug. 19, 1955, rivers across the state raged out of their banks, destroying entire villages and killing nearly 100 people.

Seventy years ago today, actor James Dean was killed while driving his sports car on a remote highway in Central California. Dean had made only three films but was already a star whose brooding ...

Nov. 26—In late 1955, as Bill Haley was helping us rock around the clock and Sinatra and Brando were our favorite "Guys" at the box office, Americans had no idea what was about to hit them — something ...

DENVER (KDVR) — When a United Airlines flight was bombed with dynamite, exploding in the sky over Colorado 70 years ago and killing 44 people, the unprecedented act set the tone for future FBI ...

Holt Street Memorial Baptist Church was the site of the meeting that set the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott into motion.

Seventy years ago today, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman, made the decision not to give up her seat for a white person. The act would ignite a movement. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

In 2007, Pittsburgh signed an agreement with the Penguins, giving the hockey team’s real estate arm the sole rights to ...