On April 7, 1979, nearly a year after his brother Bob pitched a no-hitter, Houston Astros pitcher Ken Forsch tosses his first career no-hitter.

On April 7, 1970, the legendary actor John Wayne wins his first—and only—acting Academy Award, for his star turn in the director Henry Hathaway’s Western True Grit.

In a dramatic episode of Cold War history, the U.

On April 7, 1963, a new Yugoslav constitution proclaims Tito the president for life of the newly named Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

In a significant chapter of Cold War history, 1962 marked a year of reckoning for approximately 1,200 Cuban exiles involved in the fateful Bay of Pigs invasion.

In a landmark decision in 1959, Oklahoma voters took a significant step towards modernizing the state's alcohol laws by overwhelmingly approving a referendum that repealed the long-standing ban on alcoholic beverages.

In the early hours of a crisp winter morning on January 13, 1957, a historic chapter in New York City's transportation history quietly came to a close.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia.

By a vote of 57 to 1, Dag Hammarskjöld is elected secretary-general of the United Nations.

President Harry S. Truman receives National Security Council Paper Number 68 (NSC-68).