Queen Elizabeth II became the oldest sovereign in the UK, the International Court of Arbitration was established, the Union won its first battle, Jack Kil applied for a patent for the integrated circuit, the Polish Round Table talks began, the first group of freed slaves set out for West Africa, a woman claiming to be […]
Nixon was pardoned for Watergate scandal, deadliest hurricane hit Galveston, first gay man in US military stood for gay rights, and other events happened on this day in history. US President Nixon has been pardoned for his role in the Watergate scandal. (1974) US President Gerald R. Ford, who took office when Nixon resigned, granted […]
World War I ended with an armistice agreement signed by the Allies and Germany on 11/11/1918. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated in the US in 1921. The first college fraternity in the US was founded in 1750. The first aircraft carrier strike in world history was launched by the UK in 1940. […]
Smallpox eradicated (1979), Prince Charles and Princess Diana separate (1992), Canada legalizes gay marriage (2004), US Marines begin Operation Restore Hope in Somalia (1992), child labor banned in Germany (1908), France passes law separating church and state (1905), Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapped (1963), first North American YMCA established in Montreal (1851), A Charlie Brown Christmas […]
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 […]
The Nazis invaded Poland, starting World War II. The first US subway opened in Boston. Japanese-Americans were detained in camps. The first female telephone operator was hired. A Russian fighter jet shot down a passenger plane. The SR-71 Blackbird set a flight time record. A Trip to the Moon debuted. The Great Hinckley Fire killed […]
GM filed for bankruptcy in 2009, while CNN made its first broadcast in 1980. The UK implemented mandatory driving tests in 1935, and the Heimlich maneuver was published in 1974. James Clark Ross discovered the North Magnetic Pole in 1831, and Kentucky became the 15th state while Tennessee became the 16th state of the United […]
The Dow Jones had its second-largest percentage drop in history in 1987, known as Black Monday. Saddam Hussein was tried for crimes against humanity in 2005 and later executed. The US imposed an embargo on Cuba in 1960. Lord Cornwallis surrendered to American forces in 1781, ending the American Revolutionary War. The first Blockbuster video […]
Events: Eiffel Tower inaugurated (1889), Abigail Adams advocates for women’s rights (1776), Kanagawa Convention signed with Japan (1864), Titanic construction completed (1912), Motion Picture Production Code implemented (1930), Civilian Conservation Corps established (1933), Dalai Lama arrives in India (1959), first computer delivered to US Census Bureau (1951), Warsaw Pact ends (1991), President Lyndon Johnson announces […]
