1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (448+ words) On July 31, 2012, at the Summer Olympics in London, swimmer Michael Phelps won his 19th Olympic medal, becoming the most decorated Olympian of all time. (He would finish his career with 28 total Olympic medals, 23 of them gold.) In 1715, a fleet of Spanish…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (441+ words) On July 30, 1976, Bruce Jenner, now known as Caitlyn Jenner, set a world record of 8,618 points and won the gold medal in the Olympic decathlon at the Montreal Summer Games. In 1619, the first representative assembly in colonial America convened in Jamestown…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1672+ words) By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review WAUSAU — A plan to move Wausau police into the former UW campus cleared another step Tuesday, as the Finance Committee advanced $50,000 to study whether the idea makes sense. The committee voted 3-1 to recommend the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (106+ words) Map: This week’s Wausau area rummage sales Wausau Pilot & Review Wausau Pilot’s weekly garage sale map is brought to you by Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, 1810 Schofield Ave., Weston. All donations to the Wausau Habitat store help support affordable housing initiatives…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (477+ words) On July 29, 1967, an accidental rocket launch on the deck of the supercarrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin resulted in a fire and explosions that killed 134 service members. In 1836, the newly completed Arc de Triomphe was inaugurated in Paris....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (380+ words) On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State Building, killing 14 people. In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just were executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. In 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (613+ words) On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting on the Korean peninsula that killed an estimated 4 million people. In 1789, President George Washington signed a measure establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs, forerunner of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (361+ words) On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination based on mental or physical disabilities. In 1775, the Continental Congress established an independent postal system and appointed Benjamin Franklin its Postmaster General. In 1847, the western African country…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (601+ words) In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank. In 1898, U.S. military forces landed in Guánica, Puerto Rico, during the Spanish-American War; Puerto Rico would become a self-governing U.S....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (385+ words) On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts — two of whom were the first humans to set foot on the moon — splashed down safely in the Pacific. In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate her throne to her 1-year-old son James....