Nov. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1889, North and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states of the union. In 1920, in the first significant news broadcast, KDKA in Pittsburgh reported the ...

The H-4 Hercules, or "Spruce Goose," was a massive wooden flying boat initiated during WWII by Henry Kaiser and Howard Hughes to airlift cargo across oceans, avoiding German U-boats. The project faced ...