Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Today: 1. 1889: The Columbia Phonograph Company was formed in Washington, D.C., which later became a major player in the music industry 2. 1933: Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. 3. 1948: Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi, India. 4. 1969: The Beatles’ last public performance took place […]
Monday, January 29, 2024
Today: 1. 1845: Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was first published in the “New York Evening Mirror.” 2. 1861: Kansas became the 34th state of the United States. 3. 1936: The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced, including Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. 4. 1980: The Rubik’s Cube, a 3D […]
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Today: 1. 1878: The first telephone switchboard is installed in New Haven, Connecticut. 2. 1887: In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed. 3. 1915: The United States Coast Guard is created. 4. 1945: World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends with the Allies repelling the Germans. 5. 1986: The Space Shuttle […]
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Today: 1. 1967: The Apollo 1 spacecraft fire occurs at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34, resulting in the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee. 2. 1973: The Paris Peace Accords are signed, officially ending the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. 3. 1996: In a chess match […]
Friday, January 26, 2024
Today: 1. 1838: Tennessee enacted the first prohibition law in the United States, making it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages in taverns and stores. 2. 1962:The United States launched the Ranger 3 spacecraft, which was intended to land scientific instruments on the moon. However, it missed the moon by about 22,000 miles. 3. 1988: The […]
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Today: 1. 1858: Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” is first played, at a wedding in Germany. 2. 1915: Alexander Graham Bell in New York makes the first transcontinental telephone call to Thomas Watson in San Francisco. 3. 1949: The first Emmy Awards are presented. 4. 1981: The 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days are […]
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Today: 1. 1848: Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California, sparking the California Gold Rush. 2. 1908: The Boy Scouts movement is founded in England by Robert Baden-Powell. 3. 1984: The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a graphical user interface, is introduced. 4. 2003: The United States Department of Homeland Security […]
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Today: 1. 1579: The Union of Utrecht is signed, marking the foundation of the Dutch Republic. 2. 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree. 3. 1957: American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc design to the Wham-O toy company, which later […]
Monday, January 22, 2024
Today: 1. 1973: The U.S. Supreme Court delivers its decision in the landmark case Roe v. Wade, legalizing abortion. 2. 1901: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom passes away after 63 years on the throne, marking the end of the Victorian era. 3. 1947: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines initiates the first commercial flight to land […]
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Today: 1. 1793: Louis XVI, the King of France, was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. 2. 1924: Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Russian Revolution and the first head of the Soviet state, died. 3. 1976: The first commercial Concorde flight took place, with British Airways and Air France simultaneously inaugurating their Concorde […]