This Day in History

This Day in History for November 14 – Booker T. Washington Dies and More
This Day in History for November 14 – Booker T. Washington Dies and More
This Day in History for November 14 – Booker T. Washington Dies and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1882 – Billy the Kid is killed in a shootout in Tombstone, Arizona (More info) 1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly — aka Elizabeth Cochrane — begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, completing the trip in 72 day (More info)
This Day in History for November 13 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedicated and More
This Day in History for November 13 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedicated and More
This Day in History for November 13 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedicated and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism (More info) 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River car tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City (More info)
This Day in History for November 12 – Ellis Island Closes and More
This Day in History for November 12 – Ellis Island Closes and More
This Day in History for November 12 – Ellis Island Closes and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union (More info) 1954 – Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892 (More info)
This Day in History for November 10 – ‘Sesame Street’ Premieres and More
This Day in History for November 10 – ‘Sesame Street’ Premieres and More
This Day in History for November 10 – ‘Sesame Street’ Premieres and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded (More info) 1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone, famously greeting him with the words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” (More info)
This Day in History for November 9 – Berlin Wall Opens and More
This Day in History for November 9 – Berlin Wall Opens and More
This Day in History for November 9 – Berlin Wall Opens and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts (More info) 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first sitting US President to make an official trip outside the country, traveling to inspect progress on the Panama Canal (More info) 1965 – A switch at a station near Niagara Falls fails, plun
This Day in History for November 8 – JFK Elected and More
This Day in History for November 8 – JFK Elected and More
This Day in History for November 8 – JFK Elected and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1793 – After more than two centuries as a royal palace, the Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris by the French revolutionary government (More info) 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray (More info)

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