"We're not dead" - Red Auerbach called out critics after Celtics beat Lakers in 1963 Finals originally appeared on Basketball ...

2000 — Tiger Woods, at 24, becomes the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam with a record-breaking performance in the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews. Woods closes with a 3-under ...

The U.S. 400-meter freestyle relay team wins the gold medal, with Matt Biondi and Tom Jager becoming the first U.S. male swimmers to win golds in three Olympics. Michael Johnson sweeps to victory in ...

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Australasia beats British Isles 3-2 to win the Davis Cup held at Wimbledon. Australasia wins its first David Cup and ends the four-year reign of the British Isles. 1921 — At the annual Harvard-Yale vs ...

Today in History for Aug. 8: In 1471, Thomas Kempis, Dutch mystic and devotional author, died at age 91. His book "The Imitation of Christ" remains in print, a guide to cultivating the inner human ...

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The Flying Scotsman is the most famous steam engine of all - and it is the star attraction as the Severn Valley Railway ...

Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration after several federal agencies ...

Using today’s whizbang technology, Road & Track has unearthed some of the earliest mentions in the American press of some of the biggest names in motoring history. These articles reveal the origin of ...

Meryl Streep’s awards shelf is as legendary as her performances. Among the dozens of international gongs stand three Oscars, and she holds the record for the most Oscar nominations of any actor in ...

Romantasy is in the air—and on TikTok, book blogs and booksellers near you. While the portmanteau—combining the words romance ...