this day in history

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)

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)

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)

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) Read Mo

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – The Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy, later renamed the United States Navy (More info) 1792 – The cornerstone of the White House is laid (More info) 1843 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B’nai B’rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world (Mo

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1492 – Christopher Columbus’s expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean (More info) 1810 – The first Oktoberfest occurs when Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1865 – Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion (More info) 1975 – ‘Saturday Night Live’ debuts on NBC (More info)