Ruth Ellis was the last woman hanged for murder in Britain in 1955. The worst riot in US history began in New York City in 1863, the worst flood in US history hit Kansas in 1951, and the first matches of the football World Cup were held in 1930. The Hollywood sign was dedicated in […]
Sydney Poitier won the Best Actor Oscar in 1964, the two dollar bill was reintroduced in 1976, and the first elephant arrived in America in 1796. The MKULTRA project began in 1953, The Messiah premiered in 1742, and a hailstorm killed British troops in France in 1360. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was established in […]
Italy declared war on Germany in 1943, shifting alliances in World War II. The Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered in 1773, while the US Senate refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1999. The longitudinal meridian of Universal Time was established in 1884, and the White House’s construction began in 1792. The United States […]
The K-9 corps was launched by the US Army in 1942, with over one million dogs serving in WWII. Other events include the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, the approval of African American soldiers in the Confederate States, and the discovery of Uranus. The US Army launched the K-9 corps. (1942) The new War Dog […]
Leonardo da Vinci’s personal notebooks were discovered in Madrid (1967), the Lumière brothers patented the cinematograph (1894), astronomers found a diamond-like white dwarf star (2004), the Battle of Chipyong-ni began (1951), La Citoyenne feminist newspaper was founded (1881), ASCAP was founded (1912), Galileo was tried for heresy (1633), Switzerland’s neutrality was recognized by the League […]
Saddam Hussein captured (2003); Nanjing massacre begins (1937); first successful abdominal surgery performed (1809); GW Bush declared winner of 2000 election; Permanent Court of International Justice established (1920); Sir Francis Drake sets out to circumnavigate the globe (1577); production of Susan B. Anthony dollar begins (1978); first American furs exported (1621); Getty Center opens in […]
The Berlin Wall was built to divide East and West Germany in 1961, while the wall fell in 1989. Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Virginia after a solar eclipse in 1831. Michael Phelps won his 11th Olympic gold medal in 2008, and BMW was founded in 1918. Alfred Hitchcock was born in 1899. […]
Henry Ford patented a soy-based plastic car in 1942, but it was abandoned due to World War II. USSR boycotted UN Security Council meetings in 1950, leading to the council’s decision to send troops to fight in the Korean War. Emile Zola exposed the Dreyfus affair in 1898, leading to Dreyfus’ release. Dr. William Brydon […]
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, with Congress given the power to implement the law. It was passed in 1865 and was the first of three Reconstruction Amendments following the American Civil War. The amendment could not prevent the rise of Black Codes, but the 14th and 15th Amendments […]
Mississippi ratified the 13th amendment, which banned slavery, in 1995, 130 years after it was originally ratified. Kentucky and Delaware ratified it in 1976 and 1901, respectively. The Emancipation Proclamation only abolished slavery in Confederate states. Some have tried to use the 13th amendment to avoid school-mandated community service, but courts ruled it did not […]
New York City was temporarily declared the US capital in 1788. The hottest temperature on record, 136.04 degrees Fahrenheit, was recorded in Libya in 1922. Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to serve in both the US Senate and House of Representatives in 1948. New York City was temporarily declared the capital of the […]
Jamestown founded as first European settlement in America (1607). Pope John Paul II shot by Turkish mercenary (1981). Velcro® trademark registered (1958). First Fleet sailed to Australia with criminals (1787). Our Lady of Fatima apparitions reported (1917). Battle of the sexes tennis match played (1973). Julian of Norwich received visions (1373). US declared war on […]
Jamestown founded as the first European settlement in America (1607). Pope John Paul II shot but survived (1981). Velcro® trademark registered (1958). First Fleet sailed to Australia with criminals (1787). Our Lady of Fatima apparitions accepted by Catholic church (1917). Battle of the sexes tennis match played (1973). Julian of Norwich received her visions (1373). […]
Friday the 13th is associated with superstition and fear in many cultures, with a phobia called paraskavedekatriaphobia. Fear of Friday and the number 13 is rooted in cultural traditions and numerology. While some people dread this day, others regard it as an old superstition. Sometimes, the 13th of the month falls on a Friday. This […]
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution allows involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime, leading to prisoners being forced to work for little or no pay. Compulsory prison labor generates at least $2 billion annually, with the US having the largest prison population in the world. Every American learns in school that the 13th […]
The US Supreme Court upheld Miranda’s rights in 1966, Rhode Island banned slavery in 1774, and the first spacecraft left our solar system in 1983. Other events include the first car race in Paris in 1895, the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice to the US Supreme Court in 1967, and the […]
The US Supreme Court ended public bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama (1956). Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars (1971). President George W. Bush allowed military courts to prosecute foreign suspects (2001). The AK-47 assault rifle was completed (1947). Cyclone Bhola hit Bangladesh, resulting in 500,000 deaths (1970). Iraq accepted UN Resolution 1441 […]
