Today In History – October 22
Today in History in 1836 Sam Houston becomes the first President of the Republic of Texas; in 1927 Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions includin...
continue readingToday in History in 1836 Sam Houston becomes the first President of the Republic of Texas; in 1927 Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions includin...
continue readingToday in History in 1957 the movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.The On This Day In History archives at “Simple English Wikipedi...
continue readingToday in History in 1968 former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis; and in 2018 Donald Trump decides to pul...
continue readingToday in History in 1973 President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court demand to turn over the Watergate tapes.The On This Day In History archives ...
continue readingToday in History in 1867 the United States takes possession of Alaska, celebrated annually in the state as (Alaska Day). On this day, Alaska also chan...
continue readingToday in History in 1888 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie); in 1907 Marconi begins the first commercial transa...
continue readingToday in History in 1793 Marie Antoinette is executed on the guillotine; in 1909 William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit me...
continue readingToday in History in 1966 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill creating the United States Department of Transportation.The On This Day In Histor...
continue readingToday in History in 1912 while campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former US President Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper William Schrank. Wi...
continue readingToday in History in 1792 in Washington, DC, the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.The O...
continue readingToday in History in 1492 in his first voyage, Christopher Columbus lands in the present-day Bahamas, in the belief that he'd reached East ...
continue readingToday in History in 1910 former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to fly in an airplane; and in 1968 NASA ...
continue readingToday in History in 1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.The On This D...
continue readingToday in History in 1767 the surveying of the Mason–Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland is completed, unofficially marking the boundary...
continue readingToday in History in 2001 George W. Bush announces the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.The On This Day In History archives at “Si...
continue readingToday in History in 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South...
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