Discover what happened on September 8 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Labor Day, an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated during one of American labor history’s most dismal chapters.

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Rhode Island is the only state with a holiday dedicated to V-J Day (its official name is Victory Day); it is celebrated on the second Monday in August. V-J Day parades are held in several other ...

History Shorts: The Night Before D-Day Under the cover of darkness, the Allies pulled off an operation in the hours before D-Day that may have changed the tide of the battle before it had begun.

Discover what happened on June 7 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Discover what happened on April 16 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Five days of work and two days of play is how most Americans structure their lives. But the 40-hour, 5-day work week wasn’t enshrined until the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938 ...

Discover what happened on August 13 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.