Thursday, April 4, 2024
Today: 1. 1581: English explorer Sir Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard the Golden Hind at Deptford. 2. 1818: The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20). 3. 1841: William Henry Harrison, the 9th President […]
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Today: 1. 1860: The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, began. 2. 1882: American outlaw Jesse James was shot and killed by Robert Ford in St. Joseph, Missouri. 3. 1948: President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which provided aid to help rebuild war-torn Europe after […]
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Today: 1. 1513: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León sighted Florida, becoming the first European to explore what is now the southeastern United States. 2. 1792: The Coinage Act was passed in the United States, establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the production of the U.S. dollar. 3. 1801: Napoleonic Wars: The British Royal […]
Monday, April 1, 2024
Today: 1. 1748: The ruins of Pompeii were discovered by the Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre, leading to the excavation and preservation of the ancient Roman city. 2. 1789: The United States House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City. 3. 1853: Cincinnati, Ohio, became the first U.S. city to […]
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Today: 1. 1492: Queen Isabella of Castile issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering the expulsion of Jews from Spain unless they converted to Christianity. 2. 1774: The British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, in response to the Boston Tea Party, further escalating tensions between Britain and the American colonies. 3. […]
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Today: 1. 1858: Hymen Lipman patents the pencil with an attached eraser. 2. 1867: The United States purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. 3. 1870: The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting African American men the right to vote, is adopted. 4. 1981: United States President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded […]
Friday, March 29, 2024
Today: 1. 1461: During the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Towton took place in England, resulting in a decisive victory for the Yorkists over the Lancastrians. 2. 1849: The United Kingdom formally annexed the Punjab region of India, following the Second Anglo-Sikh War. 3. 1886: Dr. John Pemberton brewed the first batch of […]
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Today: 1. 1939: The Spanish Civil War ended with the victory of Francisco Franco’s Nationalists over the Republican forces. 2. 1969: Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 78. 3. 1979: A partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania, United […]
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Today: 1. 1513: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León landed in Florida, which he named “Pascua Florida” (Feast of Flowers), believing it was an island. 2. 1625: Charles I succeeded his father James I as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 3. 1794: The United States Navy was established with the authorization of the U.S. […]
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Today: 1. 1812: An earthquake devastated Caracas, Venezuela, killing an estimated 15,000–20,000 people. 2. 1885: The Métis people, led by Louis Riel, began the North-West Rebellion against the Canadian government in Saskatchewan, Canada. 3. 1892: American poet Walt Whitman died in Camden, New Jersey, at the age of 72. 4. 1913: Balkan Wars: Bulgarian forces […]