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This Day in History for October 24 — The Last Concorde Flight, and More

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:30:55 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1901; Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (more info)

1929: The "Black Thursday" stock market crash occurs on the New York Stock Exchange (more info)

This Day in History for July 5 – The Bikini Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:00:56 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1865 – The Salvation Army is founded in London (More info)

1937 – The luncheon meat SPAM is introduced by the Hormel Foods Corporation (More info)

This Day in History for June 28 – Stonewall Uprising and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:00:46 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1894 – Labor Day becomes an official US holiday (More info)

1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife are assassinated, setting off World War I (More info)

This Day in History for December 16 – Boston Tea Party Occurs and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:00:39 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1773 – In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor in what would come to be known as the Boston Tea Party (More info)

1920 – The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China and kills an estimated 200,000 (More info)

This Day in History for December 14 – 'Saturday Night Fever' Premieres and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:00:46 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1799 – President George Washington dies at the age of 67 (More info)

1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (More info)

This Day in History for December 13 – Saddam Hussein Captured and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:00:32 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage (More info)

1862 – At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside in a decisive loss for the Union army (More info)

This Day in History for December 12 – GM Phases Out Oldsmobile and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:00:45 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1901 – Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean (More info)

1913 – Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ‘The Mona Lisa’ is recovered inside Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’s hotel room in Florence (More info)

This Day in History for December 11 – Bernie Madoff Arrested and More

Shauna Wright — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:00:01 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1941 – Following the Americans’ declaration of war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declare war on the United States (More info)

1946 – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund — UNICEF — is established (More info)

This Day in History for December 10 – First Heisman Trophy Awarded and More

Shauna Wright — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:00:18 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1898 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the Spanish-American War (More info)

1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace (More info)

This Day in History for December 9 – 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec (More info)

1935 – Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder (More info)

1958 – The John Birch Society is founded in the United States (More inf

This Day in History for December 8 – John Lennon Murdered and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:00:35 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1863 – President Abraham Lincoln offers his conciliatory plan for reunification of the United States with his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (More info)

1980 – Music icon John Lennon is murdered by a mentally unstable fan in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City (More info)

This Day in History for December 7 – Pearl Harbor Attacked and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:00:55 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution (More info)

1941 – In an early-morning sneak attack, Japanese warplanes bomb the US naval base at Oahu Island’s Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to enter World War II (More info)

This Day in History for December 6 – Washington Monument Completed and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:00:12 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, resulting in a ban of slavery (More info)

1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, DC is completed (More info)

This Day in History for December 1 – Rosa Parks Arrested and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:00:23 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1824 – Congress acts to decide a presidential election for the first time in history, giving the presidency to John Quincy Adams (More info)

1913 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing the time needed to build a car from 12 hours to just under three (More info)

This Day in History for November 30 – 'Thriller' Released and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:00:59 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1981 – In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (More info)

1982 – Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all time, is released (More info)

This Day in History for November 29 – Israel Formed and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:00:55 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1929 – American explorer Richard Byrd and three companions become the first to fly over the South Pole (More info)

1947 – Despite strong Arab opposition, the United Nations votes for the partition of Palestine and the creation of an independent Jewish state (More info)

This Day in History for November 28 – First US Car Race and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:00:09 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1520 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific (More info)

1895 – Frank Duryea wins the first motor-car race in the United States (More info)

This Day in History for November 23 – Life Magazine Launches and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:00:57 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco (More info)

1936 – The first issue of the pictorial magazine Life is published, featuring a cover photo of the Fort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White (More info)

This Day in History for November 22 – President Kennedy Assassinated and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:00:30 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1718 – Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is killed off the coast of North Carolina (More info)

1943 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt to discuss ways to defeat Japan (More info)

This Day in History for November 21 – J.R.'s Shooter Revealed and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:00:31 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1920 – In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as “Bloody Sunday” (More info)

1922 – Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator (More info)