In a pivotal moment that would shape the landscape of pop music, Swedish pop group ABBA triumphed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, held in Brighton, England.

On April 6, 1970, Sam Sheppard, a doctor convicted of murdering his pregnant wife in a trial that caused a media frenzy in the 1950s, dies of liver failure.

In a dramatic exchange that underscored the fraught political climate of the early 1950s, Senator Joseph R.

The Enduring Legacy of "Le Petit Prince" In 1943, amidst the backdrop of World War II, a literary gem emerged that would captivate the hearts and minds of readers around the globe—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “Le Petit Prince” (The Little Prince).

The German air force launches Operation Castigo, the bombing of Belgrade, on April 6, 1941, as 24 divisions and 1,200 tanks drive into Greece.

On April 6, 1924, eight American pilots depart Seattle’s Sand Point Naval Air Station in four modified Navy torpedo bombers, in hopes of becoming the first people to travel around the entire globe by air—something attempted unsuccessfully by several European flyers in previous years.

On April 6, 1909, American explorer Robert Peary accomplishes a long elusive dream, when he, assistant Matthew Henson and four Inuits reach what they determine to be the North Pole.

In April 1909, a historic expedition culminated in the achievement of a long-sought dream: the conquest of the North Pole.

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

In 1864, amidst the tumult of the Civil War, Louisiana took a momentous step towards progress by convening a convention in New Orleans aimed at drafting a new state constitution.