[ad_1] The brightest supernova appeared (1006), Saigon fell to communist forces (1975), Hitler committed suicide (1945), the first federal prison for women opened (1927), George Washington’s inauguration took place (1789), hail the size of oranges fell in India (1888), the Louisiana Purchase was finalized (1803), Fairbanks and Pickford left their mark on Grauman’s Chinese Theater […]
[ad_1] Bugs Bunny debuted in A Wild Hare in 1940, the first of 163 animated shorts. The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable was laid in 1866, allowing for instant communication between Europe and North America. Nixon faced impeachment proceedings in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal and resigned. The kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh in […]
[ad_1] On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the US, flying planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Brave individuals on United Airlines Flight 93 prevented another attack by crashing the plane. Many heroes risked their lives to help others, and the world came together to offer condolences. The attacks were atrocities and not […]
[ad_1] Louis Pasteur performed his first pasteurization tests in 1864. The Columbine school massacre occurred in 1999. Vitaphone audio process was announced in 1926. Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium chloride in 1902. The Crimes in the Rue Morgue was published in 1841. The Ku Klux Act was passed in 1871. President McKinley signed a […]
[ad_1] Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, while Ben-Hur won 11 Academy Awards in 1960. The United States adopted the Stars and Stripes flag in 1818, and William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia in 1841. Dixie debuted in 1859, and the Kennel Club was founded in 1873. The peace sign was introduced in […]
[ad_1] The Rolling Stones gave their first concert in London (1962). 1,300 miners were illegally deported in Bisbee, Arizona (1917). The Moors murderers began their killing spree (1963). A heat wave in the Midwest killed 1,000 people (1995). Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman to run for a major political party in the US (1984). […]
[ad_1] Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal in 1901, Mona Lisa was recovered in 1913, Apple went public in 1980, Helmsley was sentenced to prison in 1989, China and USSR resumed diplomatic relations in 1932, Beethoven had his first music lesson in 1792, the first motel was established in 1925, and the modern golf […]
[ad_1] Theodore Roosevelt was the first US president to drive a car, the first air raid took place in 1849, the first America’s Cup was won in 1851, Nolan Ryan struck out for 5,000 in 1989, the International Red Cross was born in 1864, the first nuclear-powered cargo ship set sail in 1962, Rhodesia was […]
[ad_1] The first solar system other than ours was discovered, as well as the opening of Tivoli Gardens, the worst terrorist attack during “The Troubles,” and other historical events. The first solar system other than ours has been discovered. (2001) National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA astronomers discovered two stars orbiting the star 47 Ursae […]
[ad_1] The US Census in 1790 counted 4 million people, while in 2010 the population was nearly 310 million. Other significant events include the deadliest shooting in US history in 1966, the last entry in Anne Frank’s diary in 1944, and the launch of MTV in 1981. The Panama Canal was bought by the US […]
[ad_1] Edison made the first sound recording in 1877. The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the US in 1865. Spain became a constitutional monarchy in 1978. The first Encyclopedia Britannica was published in 1768. The Washington Monument was completed in 1884. Saddam Hussein released foreign hostages in 1990. Nefertiti’s bust was discovered in 1912. The […]
[ad_1] Morse demonstrated the telegraph in 1838, while the last telegraph was sent in 2006. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech in 1941 influenced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Other events include Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne of Cleves, the first round-the-world flight, and Mother Teresa’s arrival in Calcutta. Samuel Morse gave the first successful demonstration […]
[ad_1] Italy declared war on Germany in 1943, shifting alliances in World War II. The Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered in 1773, while the US Senate refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1999. The longitudinal meridian of Universal Time was established in 1884, and the White House’s construction began in 1792. The United […]
[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] Major nuclear powers signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, but it has yet to enter into force. The Supreme Court of the United States was created in 1789. Compu-Serve launched the first consumer internet service in 1979. The Warren Report was delivered in 1964. The Japanese began secretly gathering intelligence on Pearl Harbor in 1941. […]
[ad_1] ARPNET, the first internet network, was established in 1969. Rebecca L. Felton became the first woman to serve in the US Senate in 1922. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964. The first balloon flight took place in 1783. Oliver North ordered the destruction of incriminating documents in 1986. Einstein’s research on E=mc2 was published […]
[ad_1] Alan Shepard became the first American in space in 1961, Mary Dixon Kies obtained the first US patent for a hat-making method in 1809, Mexico defeated the French in 1862 in a battle now celebrated as Cinco de Mayo, the first train robbery in the US occurred in 1865, Carnegie Hall opened in 1891, […]
[ad_1] The term “Cold War” was coined by Bernard Baruch in 1947. The Texas City disaster occurred in the same year, LSD was found to be hallucinogenic in 1943, and slavery became illegal in the District of Columbia in 1862. Walter Cronkite became the anchor of “The CBS Evening News” in 1962, Apollo 16 launched […]
[ad_1] The UN condemned apartheid in 1962, plutonium was created in 1944, Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1860, Naismith invented basketball in 1861, the US tested its largest hydrogen bomb in 1971, Meet the Press debuted in 1947, the Confederate Army surrendered in 1865, the first official college football game was played in […]
[ad_1] Frenchman Louis Rigolly broke the world land speed record in 1904, driving at 103.561 miles per hour. Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the record again in 1925, driving at 150.33 miles per hour. Other events include the lowest temperature on record in 1983, the first train robbery in the American Old West in 1873, and […]
