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The date was September 20th, 1998. The place was Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD. The New York Yankees were in town to visit the home town Orioles, and Cal Ripken decided to do something he hadn't done since May 29th, 1982.

It was a 90 minute flight, uneventful, just like thousands of others today, but when JetBlue Airlines Flight 387 touched down earlier today, it was the first time in more that half a century that a direct commercial flight originating in the United States touched down in the island nation of Cuba.

72 years after 'The Greatest Generation' stormed the beaches of Normandy, the archival footage still seems unimaginable.

Congratulations Universe, you don't look a day over 6923 years old.

It's time to spring into action: Daylight Saving Time will be upon us Sunday morning. You'll be loosing an hour's sleep Saturday night, and Sunday morning it'll be a just bit harder to drag yourself out of bed (or you could just sleep an hour later).

A decision has been rendered by new Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred in the appeal of the lifetime banishment of Shoeless Joe Jackson, a member of the infamous "Black Sox Scandal" that saw the Chicago White Sox "throw" the 1919 World Series. The scandal was featured in the movie 8 Men Out.

According to reports, the Arizona Cardinals have hired the NFL's first female coach to assist with their linebacking corp.

While the guillotine, as a method of execution, may seem pretty brutal. It's far better than the botched executions brought to you by the state.

"Loyalty to our ancestors does NOT include loyalty to their mistakes." That, my friends, exactly sums up my feelings today as the state government in South Carolina has taken the Confederate Flag down.  Hopefully for good this time. Uh, oh. . .I can already hear the rumbling.  But, I ask you to respectfully read the rest of this article and to think of more than just the gut feeling that

Sir Nicholas Winton, a Briton who said nothing for a half-century about his role in organizing the escape of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, died on Wednesday in Maidenhead, England.

"This ruling is a victory for America." —@POTUS on today's Supreme Court decision on marriage equality #LoveWins http://t.co/rG8PID2QIU — The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 26, 2015   "No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family. In forming a ma...

Recently, the Governor of the State of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, has called for a removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the state's capital building.