Monday, February 26, 2024
Today: 1. 1919: Grand Canyon National Park was established in Arizona, United States. 2. 1952: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that the United Kingdom had developed its own atomic bomb. 3. 1993: World Trade Center bombing: A truck bomb exploded in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing […]
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Today: 1. 1836: Samuel Colt received a patent for his Colt revolver. 2. 1862: Paper currency (greenbacks) was introduced in the United States by President Abraham Lincoln. 3. 1901: The United States Steel Corporation was founded as J.P. Morgan purchased Carnegie Steel. 4. 1913: The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving Congress the […]
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Today: 1. 1803: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Marbury v. Madison, establishing the principle of judicial review. 2. 1868: The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson, making him the first president in U.S. history to be impeached. 3. 1920: The Nazi Party was founded in Munich, Germany. […]
Friday, February 23, 2024
Today: 1. 1836: The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas, between the Texan rebels and Mexican forces during the Texas Revolution. 2. 1903: Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States “in perpetuity.” 3. 1991: Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, marking the beginning of the […]
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Today: 1. 1732: George Washington, the first President of the United States, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. 2. 1879: Frank Woolworth opened the first “five-and-dime” store in Utica, New York, marking the beginning of the Woolworth retail empire. 3. 1924: Calvin Coolidge became the first U.S. President to deliver a radio broadcast from the […]
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Today: 1. 1804: The first self-propelling steam locomotive, Richard Trevithick’s “Puffing Devil,” is demonstrated in Wales. 2. 1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish “The Communist Manifesto” in London. 3. 1878: The first telephone directory is issued by the District Telephone Company of New Haven, Connecticut. 4. 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated in New York […]
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Today: 1. 1792: The Postal Service Act was signed by President George Washington, establishing the United States Postal Service. 2. 1839: Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia. 3. 1872: The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York City. 4. 1933: The U.S. Congress proposed the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which would […]
Monday, February 19, 2024
Today: 1. 1792: The Postal Service Act was signed by President George Washington, establishing the United States Postal Service. 2. 1839: Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia. 3. 1872: The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York City. 4. 1933: The U.S. Congress proposed the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which would […]
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Today: 1. 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is published in the United States. 2. 1930: Pluto is discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. 3. 1970: The Chicago Seven defendants are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. 4. 2001: Dale […]
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Today: 1. 1933: The Blaine Act repealed the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, bringing an end to Prohibition. 2. 1972: Volkswagen Beetle surpassed the Ford Model T as the most-produced car model in history. 3. 2019: Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the […]