Today in History

• This day in history

  ► Today is Wednesday, July 20, the 201st day of 2011. There are 164 days left in the year. ► Today’s birthdays: Actress-singer Sally Ann Howes is 81. Rockabilly singer Sleepy LaBeef is 76. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) is 75. Actress Diana Rigg is 73. Rock musician John Lodge (the Moody Blues) is 68. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is ... (Boston Globe, 7/19/11)

• This day in history

  ► Today is Monday, July 18, the 199th day of 2011. There are 166 days left in the year. (Boston Globe, 7/17/11)

• This Day in History

  ► Today is Sunday, July 17, the 198th day of 2011. There are 167 days left in the year. (Boston Globe, 7/16/11)

• At Wompatuck park, a blast from the past

  HINGHAM - Thirty-five years ago, visitors to Wompatuck State Park could still find open munitions storage bunkers and rusting barrels of toxic materials - remnants from a period when the military used the site to store ammunition and assemble explosives. According to the park’s historians, the Navy also tested missile parts there in the early years of the Cold War ... (Globe Correspondent, 7/16/11)

• Anchors aweigh

  ESSEX - At high tide, it came down to teamwork and muscle. Perhaps a thousand spectators watched from the Essex Shipbuilding Museum across the water last weekend as traditional shipbuilder Harold A. Burnham prepared to launch the 55-foot schooner Ardelle into the Essex River. (Globe Correspondent, 7/16/11)

• This day in history

  ► Today is Monday, July 11, the 192d day of 2011. There are 173 days left in the year. (Boston Globe, 7/10/11)

• This Day in History

  ► Today is Sunday, July 10, the 191st day of 2011. There are 174 days left in the year. (Boston Globe, 7/10/11)

More in history

• 10 Boston lives tell the tale of the Civil War

  For them, the Civil War was a profound, heroic, and sometimes tragic extension of a deeply held cause to which they were wholly committed. (Globe Staff, 6/10/11)

• Cemetery tour offer a window to Randolph's past

  In an effort to enlighten residents about Randolph’s rich historical past, the Randolph Historical Society is offering a series of free summer events. The “History Around Us’’ series will kick off with a tour of Central Cemetery next Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. (Globe Staff, 6/8/11)

• “Postcards from Onset’’ chronicles seaside village’s colorful past

  WAREHAM — Onset holds many secrets. Many don’t know that the village in the town of Wareham was once a summertime destination for world-famous entertainers like Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, and W.C. Fields, as well as chorus line dancers from Broadway. Or that it once had a casino that hosted big band concerts, huge dance parties, and wrestling ... (Globe Staff, 6/8/11)

• Hingham residents recall 1942 visit from Eleanor Roosevelt

  John Thomas was just 2 years old when Eleanor Roosevelt came to his Hingham neighborhood on Jan. 6, 1942. But he heard the details of the visit many times from his mother. (Globe Correspondent, 6/8/11)

• House tour echoes Eleanor Roosevelt’s book that found America in Hingham

  A month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Eleanor Roosevelt set out to capture the nation’s idealized spirit. She ended up producing a paean to Hingham. (Globe Correspondent, 6/8/11)

• 150th anniversary of Civil War offers communities a portal into local history

  In 1861, a day after he turned the minimum enlistment age of 18, Duxbury resident Herbert Chandler signed up to fight for the North in the Civil War. He was joined by 214 others from his town — including 14-year-old Charles Rogers and seven other teens, who apparently all lied about their ages. (Globe Correspondent, 6/4/11)