[ad_1] Roosevelt introduced the Emergency Banking Act, beginning 100 days of New Deal legislation (1933). Barbie made her debut at the American Toy Fair (1959). Villa attacked New Mexico (1916). Other events include the Amistad mutiny ruling (1841), Puyi becoming a puppet emperor for Japan (1932), Svetlana Stalin’s defection (1967), Edward R. Murrow criticizing Senator […]
[ad_1] Roosevelt introduced the Emergency Banking Act, the first of many New Deal policies, in 1933. The Amistad mutiny was ruled in favor of the slaves in 1841. Barbie made her debut in 1959. Pancho Villa attacked New Mexico in 1916. The last emperor of China became a puppet emperor for the Japanese in 1932. […]
[ad_1] Lend-Lease bill signed by President Roosevelt (1941), blizzard of 1888 hits US, Gorbachev chosen to lead USSR (1985), Queen Anne vetoes Scottish Militia Bill (1708), McCartney knighted (1997), Roxy Theater opens (1927), Frankenstein published (1818), first British newspaper published (1702), COPS debuts on FOX (1989), Fleming dies (1955). President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease […]
[ad_1] Koch discovered the tuberculosis bacillus in 1882, the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in 1989, Elvis Presley was drafted in 1958, Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, NATO bombed Yugoslavia in 1999, the Quartering Act was passed in 1765, Joseph Smith was tarred and feathered in 1832, African-Canadians got the right to vote in […]
[ad_1] The last American troops left Vietnam in 1973, while in 1961, District of Columbia residents were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. In 1886, the first batch of Coca-Cola was reportedly produced, and in 1929, the Oval Office received its first telephone. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of espionage in 1951, […]
[ad_1] The Salem witch hunt began in 1692, leading to the accusation of over 150 people for witchcraft and the execution of 19. Other events include the ratification of the Statute of the Confederation in 1781, the establishment of Yellowstone Park in 1872, and the birth of jazz musician Glenn Miller in 1904. The Salem […]
[ad_1] Jackson was censured by Congress for dismantling the Bank of the United States. Franco’s forces took Madrid, ending the Spanish Civil War. Three Mile Island nuclear disaster occurred. Woolf died. France experienced a massive riot over a youth labor law. Two beer giants were born. Andrew Jackson was censured by Congress. (1834) Jackson was […]
[ad_1] Jackson was censured for dismantling the Bank of the United States. The Spanish Civil War ended with Franco’s victory. Three Mile Island nuclear disaster occurred. The first washing machine was patented. Asteroid 2 Pallas was discovered. Fairbanks and Pickford got married. The Paris Commune was established. Virginia Woolf died. Over a million people rioted […]
[ad_1] The African slave trade was abolished in America in 1807, but slaves were still sold within the country. CD players were released in the US in 1983, and Dr. Seuss was born in 1904. Texas declared independence from Mexico in 1836. The African slave trade was abolished in America. (1807) Although slaves could still […]
[ad_1] Marlon Brando refused his Best Actor Oscar in 1973 as a protest against Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans. Viagra was approved by the FDA in 1998 and quickly became popular. Venice was excommunicated in 1309, while Washington DC’s cherry trees were planted in 1912. John Eaton’s appointment as Secretary of War caused controversy in […]
[ad_1] Important events: Jonas Salk discovered polio vaccine (1953), Camp David Peace Accord signed (1979), Queen Elizabeth II sent first royal email (1976), and Vietnam Veterans Memorial groundbreaking ceremony held (1982). Other events include Aesop’s fable printed (1484) and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel published (1920). Jonas Salk has announced the discovery of a polio […]
[ad_1] Mississippi ratified the 13th amendment in 1995, 130 years after it was ratified by 27 other states. Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by rearming Germany in 1935. Samoset, a Mohegan warrior, shocked colonists in 1621 by speaking English. Robert Goddard launched the first liquid fuel rocket in 1926. The My Lai massacre took […]
[ad_1] The Stamp Act caused riots in America (1765). The Beatles released their first album (1963). The Equal Rights Amendment passed Congress (1972) but failed to be ratified. The laser was patented (1960). Gambling was outlawed in Massachusetts (1630). The Arab League was formed (1945). The London bullion market reopened (1954). Pentium chips were released […]
[ad_1] The NYSE was founded in 1817, the February Revolution began in Russia in 1917, Philips demonstrated the first CD in 1979, John Casor became the first legally recognized slave in America in 1654, the Daytona Beach Road Course held its first stock car race in 1936, “Axis Sally” was tried for treason in 1949, […]
[ad_1] Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech marked the start of the Cold War. The Boston Massacre saw five American colonists killed by British soldiers. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed in 1970. The Hula Hoop® was patented in 1963, and the air brake in 1872. Stalin died in 1953, and Italy used airships for military purposes […]
[ad_1] The first rock and roll concert was held in 1952, the Selma to Montgomery march began in 1965, the US boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980, Alcatraz prison closed in 1963, the first Earth Day was in 1970, and Otto von Bismarck came to power in Germany in 1871. The first rock and roll […]
[ad_1] 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 […]
[ad_1] Federal troops sent to Alabama to protect civil rights protesters (1965). Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways by the Ultimate Truth cult (1995). FDA approves first anti-AIDS drug, AZT (1987). Dutch East India Company founded (1602). Picasso’s works shown in the US for the first time (1923). American representatives received by King Louis XVI […]
[ad_1] The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, but taxation without representation remained an issue. Aleksei Leonov performed the first spacewalk in 1965. Mohandas Gandhi was sentenced to prison in 1922. The Pedaliante, the first man-powered aircraft, flew in 1936. The War Relocation Authority was established in 1942, relocating Japanese Americans to internment camps. The […]
[ad_1] US President Bush announced the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Nevada legalized gambling in 1931, becoming the state’s primary source of revenue. The Academy Awards first aired on NBC in 1953. The first air combat mission in US history took place in 1916. The US Congress established time zones and daylight saving […]
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