Friday, February 9, 2024
Today: 1. 1825: The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as the sixth President of the United States after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the 1824 election. 2. 1964: The Beatles made their first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” marking the beginning of the British Invasion in the United […]
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Today: 1. 1910: The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated. 2. 1924: The first execution by gas chamber took place in Carson City, Nevada. 3. 1960: The first successful test of an American Titan intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was conducted. 4. 1960: The first eight stars were added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los […]
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Today: 1. 1904: A fire broke out in Baltimore, Maryland, destroying over 1,500 buildings in the city. 2. 1940: Walt Disney’s animated film “Pinocchio” was released in the United States. 3. 1964: The Beatles arrived in the United States for the first time, greeted by thousands of screaming fans at JFK Airport in New York […]
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Today: 1. 1971: Astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission, becoming the first person to play golf on another celestial body. 2. 1998: Washington National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in honor of the former U.S. President. 3. 2000: Tara Lipinski became the youngest […]
Monday, February 5, 2024
Today: 1. 1936: The first National Football League (NFL) draft took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jay Berwanger was the first overall pick by the Philadelphia Eagles. 2. 1967: The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, establishing procedures for presidential succession in the event of a vacancy. 3. 1996: IBM’s Deep Blue, a […]
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Today: 1. 1789: George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the Electoral College. 2. 1932: The first Winter Olympics in the United States opened in Lake Placid, New York. 3. 1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst in Berkeley, California. 4. 2004: The social networking […]
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Today: 1. 1959: “The Day the Music Died” – Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash in Iowa. 2. 1870: The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting African American men the right to vote. 3. 1913: The 16th Amendment […]
Friday, February 2, 2024
Today: 1. 1653: New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, was incorporated. 2. 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican-American War and ceding Texas, California, and other territories to the United States. 3. 1887: In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day celebration took place. 4. 1922: James Joyce’s novel “Ulysses” […]
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Today: 1. 1790: The U.S. Supreme Court held its first session in New York City. 2. 1884: The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. 3. 1964: The Beatles arrived in the United States for their first visit, starting the “British Invasion” of American pop music. 4. 2003: The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated […]
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Today: 1. 1865: The United States Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery. 2. 1950: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announced the decision to develop the hydrogen bomb. 3. 1961: Ham the chimpanzee became the first hominid in space, aboard the Mercury-Redstone 2 spacecraft. 4. 1971: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, and […]