Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on October 9. Check what happened ...

Hoover Dam, dedicated 90 years ago, is an engineering marvel that provides electricity, water, and flood control to the American West, and was built with the help of 21,000 workers over a five-year ...

On Sept. 30, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam, only he wouldn’t use that name for the ...