Today In History – January 6
Today in History in 2001 Al Gore, as President of the United States Senate, names George W. Bush as the winner of the 2000 United States presidential ...
continue readingToday in History in 2001 Al Gore, as President of the United States Senate, names George W. Bush as the winner of the 2000 United States presidential ...
continue readingToday in History in 1759 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.The On This Day In History archives at “Simple English Wikipedia, The...
continue readingToday in History in 1965 during the State of the Union Address, President Lyndon Johnson outlines his plan for "The Great Society".The On This Day In ...
continue readingToday in History in 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the March of Dimes and in 2000 the last original weekday Peanuts comic strip is published.T...
continue readingToday in History in 1974 Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum US speed limit to 55 miles per hour in order to conserve gasoline during an O...
continue readingToday in History in 1908 – For the first time, at what is now Times Square in New York City, a ball is dropped at midnight at the start of the N...
continue readingToday in History in 1862 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Act creating the state of West Virginia and thus splitting Virginia in two; in 1946 Preside...
continue readingToday in History in 1862 the ship USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; in 1953 the first color TV sets go on sale; and in 1972 the US ...
continue readingToday in History in 1845 Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state; in 1851 The first American–based YMCA opens, in Boston, Massachusetts; and in...
continue readingToday in History in 1867 – The United States claims Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, northwest of Hawaii. This is the first US annexation of t...
continue readingToday in History in 1904 James Barrie's play Peter Pan begins to be shown in London; and in 1947 Howdy Doody, a children's television program, makes i...
continue readingToday in History in 1963 – The Beatles release the singles I Want to Hold Your Hand and I Saw Her Standing There in the United States, starting ...
continue readingToday in History in 1223 Saint Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene.The On This Day In History archives at “Simple English Wikip...
continue readingToday in History 1968 Apollo 8, with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders on board, orbits the moon, and take a spectacular photograph of the E...
continue readingToday in History in 1783 George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis.The On This ...
continue readingToday in History in 1807 The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the United States Congress, at the urging of Presi...
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