This Day in History

This Day in History for December 19 – House Votes to Impeach Clinton and More
This Day in History for December 19 – House Votes to Impeach Clinton and More
This Day in History for December 19 – House Votes to Impeach Clinton and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1776 – Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in the Pennsylvania Journal titled ‘The American Crisis’ (More info) 1777 – George Washington’s Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (More info)
This Day in History for December 17 – The Wright Brothers Fly and More
This Day in History for December 17 – The Wright Brothers Fly and More
This Day in History for December 17 – The Wright Brothers Fly and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1903 – Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make history’s first successful flight in a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft (More info) 1944 – The US Army announces the end of its policy of holding Japanese-Americans in internment camps, allowing “evacuees” to return home (More info) Read
This Day in History for December 16 – Boston Tea Party Occurs and More
This Day in History for December 16 – Boston Tea Party Occurs and More
This Day in History for December 16 – Boston Tea Party Occurs and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1773 – In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor in what would come to be known as the Boston Tea Party (More info) 1920 – The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China and kills an estimated 200,000 (More info)
This Day in History for December 15 – Bill of Rights Ratified and More
This Day in History for December 15 – Bill of Rights Ratified and More
This Day in History for December 15 – Bill of Rights Ratified and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1791 – Virginia becomes the last state to ratify the Bill of Rights, making the first ten amendments to the Constitution law and completing the revolutionary reforms begun by the Declaration of Independence (More info) 1939 – ‘Gone with the Wind’ premieres at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia (More info) Read
This Day in History for December 13 – Saddam Hussein Captured and More
This Day in History for December 13 – Saddam Hussein Captured and More
This Day in History for December 13 – Saddam Hussein Captured and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage (More info) 1862 – At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside in a decisive loss for the Union army (More info)
This Day in History for December 12 – GM Phases Out Oldsmobile and More
This Day in History for December 12 – GM Phases Out Oldsmobile and More
This Day in History for December 12 – GM Phases Out Oldsmobile and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1901 – Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean (More info) 1913 – Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ‘The Mona Lisa’ is recovered inside Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’
This Day in History for December 11 – Bernie Madoff Arrested and More
This Day in History for December 11 – Bernie Madoff Arrested and More
This Day in History for December 11 – Bernie Madoff Arrested and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1941 – Following the Americans’ declaration of war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declare war on the United States (More info) 1946 – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund — UNICEF — is established (More info)
This Day in History for December 10 – First Heisman Trophy Awarded and More
This Day in History for December 10 – First Heisman Trophy Awarded and More
This Day in History for December 10 – First Heisman Trophy Awarded and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1898 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the Spanish-American War (More info) 1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace (More info)
This Day in History for December 9 – ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Debuts and More
This Day in History for December 9 – ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Debuts and More
This Day in History for December 9 – ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Debuts and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec (More info) 1935 – Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder (More info) 1958 – The John Birch Society is founded in the United States (More info) 1965 – ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ debuts on CBS, airi

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