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Tom Hoffman, 85, received the Defense Department’s Atomic Veterans Commemorative Service certificate and medal for nuclear testing decades earlier.

Carl Young of Garner received the Atomic Veterans Service Certificate and Medal in December for his service in the Marshall Islands in 1958. There the United States tested a variety

Dr. Doom and the Sub-Mariners epic team-up in Fantastic Four #6 almost proved too much for the FF, and has some amazing history behind it.

Aquamans Silver Age origin reboot in Adventure Comics #260 from DC Comics in 1959 gives the character his most familiar elements.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 28, 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces. On this date: In 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country. In 1952, war with Japan officially ended as a treaty signed in San ...

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 28, 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces. On April 28: In 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country. In 1952, war with Japan officially ended as a treaty signed in San F...

Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.