This Day in History

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1908: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia (more info) 1916: Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States (more info) 1913: Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1872: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time and is later fined $100 (more info) 1895: George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for a gas-powered automobile (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1981: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapons reductions in Europe (more info) 1982: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' the best-selling album of all time, is released (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1936: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers (more info) 1948: In the greatest upset in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats his Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1512: The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo's finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1864: Nevada is admitted as the 36th state in the U.S. (more info) 1926: Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1534: The English parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church (more info) 1922: Benito Mussolini becomes prime minister of Italy (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1787: The first of the Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the US Constitution, is published (more info) 1904: The first underground New York City Subway line opens (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1825: The Erie Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River (more info) 1881: Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday are involved in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1854: The Charge of the Light Brigade takes place at Balaklava during the Crimean War (more info) 1944: The Japanese deploy kamikaze suicide bombers against American warships for the first time (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1901; Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (more info) 1929: The "Black Thursday" stock market crash occurs on the New York Stock Exchange (more info)