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This Day in History for August 25 – New Orleans Founded and More

Shauna Wright — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:00:31 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1718 – New Orleans is founded by French settlers and named after the Duke of Orleans (More info)

1768 – James Cook begins his first voyage (More info)

This Day in History for July 5 – The Bikini Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:00:56 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1865 – The Salvation Army is founded in London (More info)

1937 – The luncheon meat SPAM is introduced by the Hormel Foods Corporation (More info)

This Day in History for December 13 – Saddam Hussein Captured and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:00:32 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage (More info)

1862 – At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside in a decisive loss for the Union army (More info)

This Day in History for December 12 – GM Phases Out Oldsmobile and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:00:45 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1901 – Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean (More info)

1913 – Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ‘The Mona Lisa’ is recovered inside Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’s hotel room in Florence (More info)

This Day in History for December 11 – Bernie Madoff Arrested and More

Shauna Wright — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:00:01 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1941 – Following the Americans’ declaration of war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declare war on the United States (More info)

1946 – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund — UNICEF — is established (More info)

This Day in History for December 10 – First Heisman Trophy Awarded and More

Shauna Wright — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:00:18 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1898 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the Spanish-American War (More info)

1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace (More info)

This Day in History for December 9 – 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec (More info)

1935 – Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder (More info)

1958 – The John Birch Society is founded in the United States (More inf

This Day in History for December 8 – John Lennon Murdered and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:00:35 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1863 – President Abraham Lincoln offers his conciliatory plan for reunification of the United States with his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (More info)

1980 – Music icon John Lennon is murdered by a mentally unstable fan in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City (More info)

This Day in History for December 6 – Washington Monument Completed and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:00:12 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, resulting in a ban of slavery (More info)

1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, DC is completed (More info)

This Day in History for December 1 – Rosa Parks Arrested and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:00:23 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1824 – Congress acts to decide a presidential election for the first time in history, giving the presidency to John Quincy Adams (More info)

1913 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing the time needed to build a car from 12 hours to just under three (More info)

This Day in History for November 17 – Suez Canal Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:00:12 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1869 – The Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, opens in Egypt (More info)

1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts the movie ‘Heidi’ instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the US (More info)

This Day in History for November 14 – Booker T. Washington Dies and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:00:16 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1882 – Billy the Kid is killed in a shootout in Tombstone, Arizona (More info)

1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly — aka Elizabeth Cochrane — begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, completing the trip in 72 day (More info)

This Day in History for November 8 – JFK Elected and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:00:57 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1793 – After more than two centuries as a royal palace, the Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris by the French revolutionary government (More info)

1895 – While experimenting with electricity, German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray (More info)

This Day in History for November 3 – US Adopts Income Tax and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:00:08 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1913 – The United States introduces an income tax (More info)

1964 – Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time (More info)

This Day in History for November 2 – Carter Elected President and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:00:25 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers (More info)

1948 – In the greatest upset in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats his Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (More info)

This Day in History for October 28 – Statue of Liberty Dedicated and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:00:23 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty (More info)

1919 – The US Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January (More info)

This Day in History for October 21 – Guggenheim Museum Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:00:16 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1861 – Union troops suffer a devastating defeat in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, the second major engagement of the Civil War (More info)

1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting President against lynching in the deep south (More info)

This Day in History for October 20 – McCarthyism Hits Hollywood and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:00:11 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1944 – Two liquid gas tanks explode in Cleveland, Ohio, killing 130 people and leveling 30 city blocks (More info)

1944 – General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines, 30 months after he declared “I shall return” (More info)

This Day in History for October 18 – Alaska Becomes US Territory and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:00:54 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1469 – Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile in Valladolid, beginning a cooperative reign that would unite Spain and elevate the nation to a dominant world power (More info)

1648 – Boston Shoemakers form the first US labor organization (More info)

This Day in History for October 14 – Yeager Breaks Sound Barrier and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:00:54 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, clinching their last World Series to date (More info)

1912 – While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded (More info)