The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution was influenced by President Kennedy’s assassination and medical technology. It clarifies the process of replacing a president who is unable to fulfill their duties and grants certain powers to the president and executive branch. The amendment also allows for the removal of a president if they are unable […]
The UN expelled Taiwan and admitted China in 1971. The Charge of the Light Brigade occurred in 1854 during the Crimean War. The US invaded Grenada in 1983, and Nixon vetoed the war powers resolution in 1973. Himmler cracked down on the Edelweiss Pirates in 1944. The Toronto Stock Exchange was founded in 1861. Fidel […]
May 25 is celebrated as el Día de la Revolución de Mayo in Argentina, marking the creation of the First Junta in 1810, which took over the government of Buenos Aires from the Spanish Viceroyalty. The May Revolution was a result of unrest among the population of Buenos Aires after news of Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion […]
The US Bill of Rights was adopted in 1789. Switzerland closed its borders to Jews in 1942, but reopened them in 1944. Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female justice of the Supreme Court in 1981. The IRA disarmed in 2005. The first transatlantic telephone service was installed in 1956. The first Chicago Marathon took […]
Christmas was first celebrated in 336 AD after Constantine made Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. Massachusetts banned Christmas celebrations in 1659, citing dishonoring God. The World Wide Web had its first successful test in 1990 with two computers and a server. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned in 1991, marking the end of the […]
Christmas was first celebrated in 336 AD after Constantine made Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. Massachusetts banned Christmas celebrations in 1659, citing dishonoring God and offending others. The World Wide Web was tested in 1990 with two computers and a single server. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned in 1991, marking the end of the USSR […]
Paris liberated from Nazi occupation (1944), New York Sun publishes “Great Moon Hoax” (1835), US President Truman orders seizure of US railroads (1950), discovery of bacteria causing bubonic plague (1894), American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell killed (1967), Wizard of Oz movie premieres (1939), Galileo presents first telescope (1609), Voyager 2 makes closest flyby […]
The Hollywood 10 were blacklisted for alleged communist ties, while Alfred Nobel patented dynamite and used the proceeds to found the Nobel Prizes. The Iran-Contra affair was exposed, and The Mousetrap opened in London. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was established, and the last British military installation in the US […]
The Battle of the Bulge ended with high casualties. The Cullinan diamond was found and given to the King of England. The first Emmy Awards ceremony was held, and Idi Amin became the leader of Uganda. President Kennedy gave the first live televised presidential press conference. The Norwegian missile incident occurred, and Jiang Qing was […]
The Constitutional Convention created the American Constitution in 1787. Shakespeare became legal in China in 1977, and Star Wars opened the same year. President Kennedy announced plans to put a man on the moon in 1961. Other events include the Gateway Arch inauguration, Babe Ruth’s last home run, and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s birth. The Constitutional […]
The Constitutional Convention created the American Constitution in 1787. Shakespeare became legal in China in 1977. Star Wars opened in 1977 and became a cultural phenomenon. President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of putting a man on the moon in 1961. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was inaugurated in 1968. Charles II returned […]
The world’s first IVF baby was born in 1978. A Chorus Line opened on Broadway in 1975 and became the longest-running musical produced in the US. Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space in 1984. The Concord Jet had its first and only crash in 2000. Rock Hudson announced he had AIDS […]
CBS aired the first color television broadcast in 1951, but lost the color system war to RCA. The Beatles performed “All You Need Is Love” in the first global live broadcast in 1967. Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” died in 2009 from a drug overdose. Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive […]
Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V in 1570. Samuel Colt patented the Colt revolver in 1836. Adolf Hitler obtained German citizenship in 1932. The legal tender law was passed in 1862. Mohammed Ali became the heavyweight champion of the world in 1964. Oregon imposed the first gasoline tax in 1919. Hiram Rhoades […]
Yuri Andropov replied to American student Samantha Smith’s letter about nuclear war, inviting her to visit the USSR. The name “America” was first used on a map in honor of Amerigo Vespucci. Robert Noyce patented an improved integrated circuit design. Truman opened the White House bowling alley, and New York issued the first US license […]
Martin Luther King Jr. led a large anti-war protest in Chicago in 1967, but was criticized by civil rights leaders. Other events include the abolition of the slave trade in Britain, the opening of the world’s first passenger railway, and the Greek War of Independence. The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire led to employee protection laws […]
