Today:
98 – Trajan succeeded Nerva as Roman emperor, marking the beginning of his reign and the Roman Empire’s expansion to its greatest territorial extent.
1302 – Dante Alighieri, the famous Italian poet and author of The Divine Comedy, was exiled from Florence due to political conflicts.
1606 – The trial of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot began in England.
1785 – The University of Georgia was founded, making it the first public university in the United States.
1825 – The U.S. Congress approved a plan for the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
1880 – Thomas Edison was granted a patent for his electric incandescent lamp, revolutionizing lighting technology.
1924 – Lenin’s body was placed in a mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow, following his death earlier that month.
1944 – The Siege of Leningrad was officially lifted after 872 days, marking a turning point in World War II on the Eastern Front.
1967 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger B. Chaffee died in a fire during a test for the Apollo 1 mission.
1973 – The Paris Peace Accords were signed, officially ending the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War.
Number of Days Crying About Trump
Since being nominated presidential
candidate on July 19, 2016
3,114 Days
8 Years, 6 Months, 8 Days