Saturday, June 29, 2024
Today: 1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, built by Shakespeare’s playing company, burned down. 1880 – France annexed Tahiti. 1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a US Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor airplane, completes the first transpacific flight from the mainland United States to Hawaii. 1956 – The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was […]
Friday, June 28, 2024
Today: 1838: Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo, an event that triggered the start of World War I. 1919: The Treaty of Versailles was signed, officially ending World War I. 1950: North Korean forces captured Seoul, the capital […]
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Today: 1893: The New York stock market crashes, leading to a severe depression known as the Panic of 1893. 1950: The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War. 1967: The world’s first ATM is installed in Enfield, London. 1973: The President of Uruguay, Juan María Bordaberry, dissolves Parliament and establishes […]
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Today: 1906: The first Grand Prix motor race was held in Le Mans, France. 1945: The United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco. 1960: Madagascar gained independence from France. 1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech in West Berlin. 1974: The Universal Product Code (UPC) was scanned […]
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Today: 1876 – The Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand, took place during the Great Sioux War. 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank was published. 1950 – The Korean War began with North Korean forces invading South Korea. 1975 – Mozambique gained independence from Portugal. 1991 […]
Monday, June 24, 2024
Today: 1314 – The Battle of Bannockburn took place, where the Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeated the English army under King Edward II, leading to Scotland’s independence. 1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon were crowned King and Queen of England. 1812 – Napoleon’s Grande Armée crossed the Neman River, marking […]
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Today: 1683: William Penn signs a friendship treaty with the Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. This treaty is celebrated as one of the only treaties never sworn to and never broken. 1757: The Battle of Plassey ends with a decisive British victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies. This battle laid the […]
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Today: 1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the universe. 1774 – The British Parliament passes the Quebec Act, setting out procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec. 1813 – After learning of American plans for a […]
Friday, June 21, 2024
Today: 1527 – Italian polymath Niccolò Machiavelli dies. 1749 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded. 1788 – New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the ninth state. 1791 – King Louis XVI of France and his family are captured while attempting to flee during the French Revolution. 1898 – […]
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Today: 1782: The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. 1819: The SS Savannah arrives in Liverpool, England, becoming the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic. 1837: Queen Victoria ascends the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV. 1863: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th state […]