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 […]
VE Day celebrated (1945), smallpox eradicated (1980), USSR boycotts 1984 Olympics, AIM occupation of Wounded Knee ends (1973), Doctor No released (1963), first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (1877), Hernando de Soto reaches Mississippi River (1541), first eye bank opens (1944), Let it Be released (1970), Jean-Henri Dunant born (1828). VE Day was celebrated. (1945) […]
The Kent State shootings in 1970 resulted in the deaths of four students and wounded nine others, becoming a symbol of the end of the counterculture movement. The event had a chilling effect on opposition to the Vietnam War and sparked protests on college campuses. A series of unfortunate events led to the deployment of […]
Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany (1917); Tally’s Electric Theater opened in LA (1902); Pope John Paul II died (2005); US Mint founded (1792); John Gotti convicted (1992); Richmond Bread Riot occurred (1863); LexisNexis launched (1973); Ponce de Leon discovered Florida (1513); As the World Turns debuted (1956); first “panda” crossing opened in UK (1962). […]
US Marines landed on Iwo Jima in 1945. The Donner Party was rescued in 1847, and the Chicago Seven were sentenced to prison in 1970. The first temporary insanity defense was used in 1859, and serfdom was abolished in Russia in 1861. Aaron Burr was arrested for treason in 1807, and Executive Order 9066 led […]
US Marines landed on Iwo Jima in 1945, the Donner Party was rescued in 1847, the Chicago Seven were sentenced in 1970, the temporary insanity defense was used in 1859, serfdom was abolished in Russia in 1861, Aaron Burr was arrested for treason in 1807, Executive Order 9066 was signed in 1942, the phonograph was […]
Reagan was shot in 1981 by John Hinckley Jr. Anesthesia was first used in surgery in 1842. The US bought Alaska in 1867, and a Danish prince was elected king of Greece in 1863. The modern pencil was patented in 1858. Paris was captured by the Sixth Coalition forces in 1814, and the 15th amendment […]
Levi Strauss patented jeans with copper rivets in 1873, Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop solo transatlantic flight in 1927, and the road in front of the White House was closed in 1995. The Homestead Act was passed in 1862, the First Council of Nicaea took place in 325, Vasco de Gama reached India in […]
The US Constitution went into effect (1789), the Spanish flu was diagnosed (1918), Andrew Jackson held an open house (1829), John Lennon said the Beatles were ‘bigger than Jesus’ (1966), the FDA approved a blood test for AIDS (1985), the first socialist congressman was elected (1911), the American Automobile Association was founded (1902), Charlie Chaplin […]
Einstein published his theory of relativity (1905), Truman relieved MacArthur of command (1951), Napoleon was exiled to Elba (1814), Iowa imposed the first state cigarette tax (1921), Lincoln made his last speech (1865), Buchenwald prisoners were liberated (1945), Civil Rights Act of 1968 was signed (1968), southern Ohio correctional facility rioted (1993), last death sentence […]
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). […]
American POWs were released from Vietnam War (1973), Coolidge delivered first radio address (1924), last emperor of China abdicated (1912), women gained right to vote in Utah (1870), Lincoln Memorial cornerstone laid (1914), Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” premiered (1924), San Francisco issued same-sex marriage licenses (2004), Solzhenitsyn exiled from Russia (1974), first spacecraft landed on […]
Prehistoric Britain refers to the time before the Roman invasion in AD 43. Humans lived there before the Last Glacial Maximum, and prehistoric Britons left behind large mounds and hill forts. Cup casting techniques were brought from Spain and Portugal, and the Bronze Age began in 2,150 BC. The Iron Age began in 750 BC, […]
The Great Depression was a severe economic and social crisis in the US and the world economy after the stock market crash in 1929. President Roosevelt’s New Deal policies helped the country recover, but the economy did not fully recover until World War II. The causes of the Great Depression are still debated by historians […]
Vatican II became ecumenical law, NAFTA was signed, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed, John Lennon was killed, the Race Relations Act came into effect, coaxial cable was patented, the Immaculate Conception was declared, the Ambrosian Library opened, and the Broadway Theater began showing musicals. CBS’ I Love Lucy was the first show to […]
The world’s first commercial telephone was installed by Alexander Graham Bell in 1877. Other events include the acquittal of Lizzie Borden, Muhammad Ali’s conviction being overturned, and the release of Jaws. Nicole Kidman and John Goodman were born. The world’s first commercial telephone is installed. (1877) Alexander Graham Bell installed telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario […]
The US Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and the first Fourth of July celebration was held in 1804. West Point opened in 1802, and founding fathers John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died in 1826. Lou Gehrig retired from baseball in 1939, and the 49th and 50th stars were added to the […]
BTK serial killer pleads guilty to 10 murders in 17 years. The Panic of 1893, the worst economic depression in US history prior to the Great Depression, occurred. The world’s first ATM was installed in England. The do not call list started in the US. The first nuclear power plant in Russia was inaugurated. A […]
The Battle of the Bulge began, the Boston Tea Party took place, Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity, Vasco de Gama reached India, Venera 7 landed on Venus, Truman declared a state of emergency, the death penalty was abolished in the UK, Rasputin was assassinated, Peter Rabbit was published, and the first White House […]
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed in Detroit, killing all but one passenger, a 4-year-old girl. Elvis Presley died of a heart attack in 1977. Sports Illustrated published its first issue in 1954. A solar flare halted the Toronto stock market in 1989. John Tyler’s effigy was burned on the White House lawn in 1841. Joseph […]
