Prometheus Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1863 - Kit Carson begins his campaign against Native Americans 1865 - Mary Surratt is first woman executed by U.S. federal government 1912 - Jim Thorpe begins Olympic triathlon 1917 - British Women's Auxiliary Army Corps is officially established 1930 - Building of Hoover Dam begins 1946 - Future President Jimmy Carter got married 1942 - Himmler decides to begin medical experiments on Auschwitz prisoners 1969 - First U.S. troops withdrawn from South Vietnam 1976 - Female cadets enrolled at West Point 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor nominated to Supreme Court 1983 - 11-year-old Samantha Smith leaves for visit to the USSR 2005 - Terrorists attack London transit system at rush hour 2019 - U.S. women's soccer team wins record 4th World Cup title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Today in History, July 19th 1553 - Lady Jane Grey deposed as Queen of England 1779 - Massachusetts begins ill-fated Penobscot Expedition 1799 - Rosetta Stone Founded 1848 - Seneca Falls Convention Begins 1879 - Doc Holliday kills for the first time 1942 - George Washington Carver begins experimental project with Henry Ford 1943 - America bombs Rome during WWII 1956 - United States withdraws offer of aid for Aswan Dam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 Today in History, July 21th 365 - Tsunami hits Alexandria, Egypt 1861 - The First Battle of Bull Run 1865 - Wild Bill Hickok fights first western showdown 1899 - Ernest Hemingway is born 1925 - The "Trial of the Century" draws national attention 1944 - Hitler to Germany: "I'm still alive" 1955 - President Eisenhower presents his "Open Skies" plan 1960 - Germany passes controversial "Volkswagen Law" 1970 - Aswan High Dam completed 2005 - Bombers attempt to attack London transit system 2007 - Final Harry Potter book released 2011 - NASA's final space shuttle mission comes to an end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Grogu Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Today in History, March 23rd 1775 - Patrick Henry voices American opposition to British policy 1806 - Lewis and Clark depart Fort Clatsop 1839 - 'OK' enters national vernacular 1919 - Mussolini founds precursor to the Fascist party 1983 - President Reagan calls for new antimissile technology 1983 - First artificial heart patient dies 1994 - Leading Mexican presidential candidate assassinated 1996 - Astronaut Shannon Lucid enters Mir space station 1998 - James Cameron's "Titantic" wins 11 Academy Awards 2011 - Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 Today in History, March 31st 1492 - Spain announces it will expel all Jews 1774 - Parliament passes the Boston Port Act 1776 - Abigail Adams urges husband to "remember the ladies" 1854 - Treaty of Kanagawa signed with Japan 1889 - Eiffel Tower Opens 1905 - The First Moroccan Crisis 1943 - "Oklahoma!" premieres on Broadway 1959 - Dalai Lama begins exile 1991 - Warsaw Pact's military union ends 1995 - Pop star Selena murdered by fan club president 1999 - "The Matrix" released in theaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 Today in History, April 1st 1789 - First U.S. House of Representatives elects speaker 1816 - Jane Austen declines royal librarian's writing advice 1918 - RAF founded 1924 - Hitler sentenced for his role in Beer Hall Putsch 1946 - Alaskan earthquake triggers massive tsunami 1963 - Soap operas "General Hospital" and "The Doctors" premiere 1970 - President Nixon signs legislation banning cigarette ads on TV and radio 1972 - First MLB player's strike begin 1984 - Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his own father 1985 - Villanova wins NCAA basketball title in stunning upset 1993 - The "Polish Prince" killed in plane crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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