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William Cherkasky didn’t think Earth Day would catch on in 1968 as he and other progressives discussed political strategies on a fishing boat off the coast of Miami. The former Appleton resident and World War II veteran was chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin at the time, and they were trying to figure out a way to highlight environmental issues in a way similar to the Vietnam War teach-ins that were taking place at universities across the country. “We all went down to Miami to take a rest, go fishing, drink a bottle of beer every now and then and eat takeout chicke...

William Cherkasky didn’t think Earth Day would catch on in 1968 as he and other progressives discussed political strategies on a fishing boat off the coast of Miami. The former Appleton resident and World War II veteran was chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin at the time, and they were trying to figure out a way to highlight environmental issues in a way similar to the Vietnam War teach-ins that were taking place at universities across the country. “We all went down to Miami to take a rest, go fishing, drink a bottle of beer every now and then and eat takeout chicke...

General Patton was angered and revolted by what he saw at the Nazi concentration camp.  Here's What You Need to Remember: American officers tried to determine the exact number of persons who died during Buchenwald’s nearly eight years of operation, but it was no easy task. The blue arrows on Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.’s Third Army situation maps in his mobile headquarters trailer all pointed eastward. From the vicinity of Frankfurt-am-Main, Patton’s three corps—Troy Middleton’s VIII, Manton Eddy’s XII, and Maj. Gen. Walton H. Walker’s XX—were plunging side by side over...

Today is Saturday April 3, the 93rd day of 2021. There are 272 days left in the year.

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.