Friday, May 10, 2024
Today: 1. 1774 – Louis XVI becomes King of France, inheriting a financially troubled monarchy that contributes to the onset of the French Revolution. 2. 1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is completed with the “Golden Spike” ceremony at Promontory Summit, Utah, which linked the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. […]
Thursday May 9, 2024
Today: 1. 1671: Thomas Blood, famously known as Colonel Blood, attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. 2. 1868: The city of Reno, Nevada, was founded. 3. 1887: Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London, introducing a romanticized version of the American West to a new audience. 4. 1901: […]
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Today: 1. 1886: The first Coca-Cola was served in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. John Pemberton concocted the beverage as a patent medicine. 2. 1945: Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day). It marks the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces, effectively ending the war in […]
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Today: 1. 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapsed. Emperor Justinian I immediately ordered that the dome be rebuilt. 2. 1274 – The Second Council of Lyon opened in France. It was an ecumenical council that focused on church reforms and the crusade plans against the Holy Land. 3. 1664 – […]
Monday May 6, 2024
Today: 1. 1937: The German airship Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed while attempting to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey. 2. 1954: Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, with a time of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. 3. […]
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Today: 1. 1862: The Mexican army defeated the French forces at the Battle of Puebla, celebrated annually as Cinco de Mayo. 2. 1891: Musician Sergei Prokofiev was born. He became one of the major composers of the 20th century, known for works such as “Peter and the Wolf” and “Romeo and Juliet”. 3. 1925: John […]
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Today: 1. 1493: Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull “Inter caetera,” dividing the non-Christian world between Spain and Portugal along a north-south line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. 2. 1886: The Haymarket affair took place in Chicago, culminating in a riot after a peaceful labor demonstration for the eight-hour workday. The […]
Friday, May 3, 2024
Today: 1. 1469 – **Birth of Niccolò Machiavelli**: Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer, often called the founder of modern political science. 2. 1494 – **Christopher Columbus Sights Jamaica**: On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus sighted Jamaica, an island he named Santiago. 3. 1802 – **Washington, D.C. is […]
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Today: 1. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason, and witchcraft. 2. 1611 – The King James Bible, a translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, was first published. 3. 1945 – The Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin during […]
The Promotion
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