Today:
1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy, 25 years after her death.
1798 – The United States Congress rescinds treaties with France, sparking the Quasi-War.
1807 – Napoleon I of France defeats Russian forces at the Battle of Friedland.
1865 – Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt are executed for their roles in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
1898 – The United States annexes Hawaii.
1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
1946 – Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized as a saint.
1954 – Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis plays his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right.”
1981 – President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
2005 – A series of coordinated terrorist bombings occurs in London, killing 52 and injuring over 700.
30 American Heritage Events: #7
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
A war between the U.S. and Britain that affirmed American independence