This Day In History: 02/08/1943 - Americans Secure Guadalcanal

Katherine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon in 1967. Take a look back at her accomplishment and those of other record-breaking female sports stars.

Before the cowboy image Americans know today, former enslaved men became the country's first cowboys who used their skills in ranching to cement their place in the west.

King Henry VIII of England wore the first pair of soccer boots, but the footwear didn’t take off until several centuries later.

Although arenas have existed since ancient Greece and Rome, soccer stadiums were not yet a thing when the sport became popular in the 1880s.