Today is Thursday, November 15. There are 39 days until Christmas.
On this date in 1777, the Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation.
In 1926, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) debuted with a network of 24 stations...
Lafayette, Louisiana was named 'Happiest City In America' in a recent Harvard study, and NBC's 'Today' decided to visit and see what all the happy fuss was about.
When you lose a pet, you typically look around your neighborhood, or the last place it was seen. But Ruth Torres didn’t even have to leave her living room to find her beloved Irish Wolfhound — who she hadn’t even realized was lost in the first place.
In addition to being Eight-Track Tape Day, today is also Barbershop Quartet Day! Check out these amazing and amusing a cappella tunes. Rebecca Black's 'Friday', a Star Trek Parody and the 'I Love Lucy' classic.
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, returns to Spain, thus becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe (More info)
1901 – Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York (More info)
Justin Bieber’s youthful good looks helped make him a star. But, according to ‘Today,’ the teen phenom’s baby face nearly landed him in hot water in Miami.
On July 29, an undercover Florida cop mistook Bieber for a child and pulled him over during a traffic stop. Bieber was behind the wheel of a brand-new Rolls Royce convertible with singer Sean Kingston in the passenger seat.
A stowaway snake surprised a Tennessee family driving down a highway when it slithered from underneath the hood of their SUV, according to ‘Today.’
Rachel Fisher, her husband Tony and their three small children were traveling to Memphis as the snake crept onto the windshield and eventually made its way to a side view mirror.
Pole dancing-as-exercise is no longer strictly for women. Recently, the fitness trend has begun popping up in gyms across Beijing, ‘Today‘ reports.
Gym owners say pole dancing is a great way to stay fit, and some Chinese men are embracing it as a way to build up abs, arms and upper-body strength.
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1788 – The US Constitution is ratified and goes into effect (More info)
1915 – The US Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens (More info)
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Here's what happened on your special day:
1824 The presidential election is turned over to the House of Representatives after a deadlock develops between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Adams ends up the winner.