US drops World Court case against Nicaragua (1985); George McGovern starts presidential campaign (1971); Robert F. Scott reaches South Pole after Roald Amundsen (1912); Mayor of Washington DC Marion Barry arrested on drug charges (1990); Eugene Ely lands aircraft on USS Pennsylvania (1911); Captain Cook discovers Hawaii (1778); German forces resume deportations from Warsaw (1943); […]
The Challenger exploded in 1986, the US Coast Guard was created in 1915, the first speeding ticket was issued in 1896, a ceasefire took place in Vietnam in 1973, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was installed in Paris in 1921. Legos were patented in 1958, the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in […]
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 […]
Events: Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus discovered (1924), Luther excommunicated (1521), da Vinci tests flying machine (1496), Meiji Restoration begins in Japan (1868), Mussolini assumes dictatorial powers in Italy (1925), Joan of Arc handed over to Bishop Cauchon (1431), Noriega surrenders to US forces (1990), Alaska becomes 50th state (1959), Peanuts comic strip ends (2000), Brooklyn Bridge construction […]
Roosevelt flew to Casablanca in 1943, the Revolutionary War ended in 1784, the Human Be-In began in 1967, Wallace was inaugurated as governor of Alabama in 1963, Japanese Americans were interned in 1942, Monroe married DiMaggio in 1954, Pope Leo X issued a bull against slavery in 1514, the Today Show premiered in 1952, and […]
AOL merged with Time Warner, the Treaty of Versailles ended WWI, the London Underground opened, the first major source of oil was discovered in America, Lend-Lease program was introduced, Napoleon divorced Josephine, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River, Common Sense was published, Vatican and US entered into diplomatic relations, and Masterpiece Theater premiered on PBS. […]
Oil prices hit $100/barrel (2008), causing supply problems in the US. Lindberg child kidnapper convicted (1935). JFK announces presidential candidacy (1960). Duquesne spy ring members convicted (1942). Nixon creates national speed limit of 55mph (1974). Maria Callas exits performance (1958). 6,000 US citizens arrested for communism (1920). First female White House staffer hired (1890). Last […]
Nixon announced peace in Vietnam (1973), the International Opium Convention was signed (1912), Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female doctor (1849), the Shaanxi earthquake killed over 800,000 (1556), Elva Zona Heaster’s ghost testimony led to her husband’s conviction (1897), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members (1986), the Frisbee® was invented […]
Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered car in 1886, while in 1979, Jimmy Carter and Deng Xiaoping sign deals, marking a turning point in Sino-US relations. In 1964, “Dr. Strangelove” debuts, and in 2002, George Bush gives his “Axis of Evil” speech. King George III dies in 1820, while Liliuokalani becomes the last monarch of […]
The first person was cryogenically preserved in 1967, while the US House of Representatives rejected women’s right to vote in 1915. The Charleston Museum was founded in 1773, and Agatha Christie died in 1976. Other events include Henry Ford’s speed record in 1904 and the beginning of the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. The first person […]
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