News

Recent

News

October 29

Wall street crashes -- "Black Tuesday" -- throwing the world's economy into a years-long crisis including an unemployment rate in the U.S. that by 1933 hit nearly 25 percent ? 1929

October 29

News

October 28

The Gateway Arch, a 630 ft high parabola of stainless steel marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Missouri is completed after two and one-half years.

October 28

News

October 26

After eight years and at least 1,000 worker deaths -- mostly Irish immigrants -- the 350-mile Erie Canal opens, linking the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.

October 26

News

October 24

The 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act, signed by Pres. Roosevelt two years earlier - 1940

October 24