Today In History – September 2
Today in History in 1901 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair....
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Today in History in 1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years — longer than any major European monarch.Our on this day in his...
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Today in History in 1422 King Henry V of England dies in France from dysentery. Henry VI of England becomes king of England at the age of just under n...
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Today in History in 1836 the city of Houston, Texas is founded; in 1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city; and in 1967 Thurgood Marshall was confirmed a...
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Today in History in 2005 Hurricane Katrina reaches the US' Gulf coast with winds at a speed of 225 kph. The city of New Orleans is among the places th...
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Today in History in 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. makes his famous I Have a Dream speech, calling for Civil R...
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Today In History – August 27
Today in History in 2003 Mars makes closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) f...
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Today In History – August 26
Today in History in 1768 James Cook sets sail from England on the HMS Endeavour.Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birth...
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Today in History in 1950 U.S. President Harry Truman gets the army to take over the railways to stop a strike.Our on this day in history archives cont...
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Today in History in 79 Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae. The modern city of Naples now stands on the edge of the di...
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Today in History in 2011 A magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes near Mineral, Virginia, and is felt all the way along the eastern seaboard of the United S...
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Today In History – August 22
Today in History in 1902 Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.Our on this day in history archiv...
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Today in History in 1858 in the United States, the first in a series of debates takes place between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas.Our on this...
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Today in History in 1630 – Lemonade is invented in Paris, France; and in 1920 the first commercial radio station, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations i...
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Today in History in 1848 The New York Herald reports on the gold found in California.Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, ...
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Today In History – August 18
Today in History in 1587 Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, Virginia, becomes the first child of English pa...
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