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This Day in History for May 29 – World War II Memorial Dedicated and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:59:07 +0000

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

1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of the original US colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th state (More info)

1942 – Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas,’ the best-selling Christmas single in history (More info)

This Day in History for May 2 – Osama bin Laden is Killed and More

Kathy Landin — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:13 +0000

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1939 – Lou Gehrig establishes a major-league baseball record by playing his 2,130th consecutive game (More info)

1945 – The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin during World War Two (More info)

This Day in History for April 26 – Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:55 +0000

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

1865 – Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln (More info)

1933 – The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established (More info)

This Day in History for April 24 – Library of Congress Established and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:00:41 +0000

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

1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established (More info)

1898 – The United States declares war on Spain (More info)

This Day in History for April 23 – New Coke Introduced and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:00:11 +0000

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1564 – William Shakespeare is born; historians believe he died on his birthday in 1616 (More info)

1910 – Theodore Roosevelt makes his The Man in the Arena speech (More info)

This Day in History for April 20 – Columbine Massacre and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:00:58 +0000

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1861 – Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the US Army in order to command the forces of Virginia (More info)

1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie isolate radium (More info)

This Day in History for April 18 – Great San Francisco Earthquake and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:00:19 +0000

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1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid (More info)

1775 – Paul Revere rides to warn Massachusetts colonists of the arrival of British troops (More info)

This Day in History for April 17 – Ford Mustang Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:00:48 +0000

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1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer tells the ‘Canterbury Tales’ for the first time at the court of Richard II (More info)

1961 – A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban exiles lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro (More info)

This Day in History for April 16 – Cronkite Becomes Anchor and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:00:09 +0000

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1943 – The hallucinogenic effects of LSD are discovered (More info)

1962 – Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the ‘CBS Evening News,’ going on to become “the most trusted man in America” (More info)

1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” while incarcerated there for protesting against segregation (More info)

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This Day in History for April 13 – Apollo 13 Disaster and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:00:15 +0000

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

1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly called the Met, is founded (More info)

1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC, on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth (More info)

This Day in History for April 11 – Idi Amin Deposed and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:00:08 +0000

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1814 – Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates his throne and is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba (More info)

1945 – American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (More info)

This Day in History for April 9 – Hussein's Statue Falls and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:00:28 +0000

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

1865 – Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War (More info)

1959 – NASA announces its first seven astronauts, later dubbed the “Mercury Seven” (More info)

This Day in History for April 4 – MLK Assassinated and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:00:31 +0000

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1818 – The US Congress adopts a flag with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (More info)

1841 – President William Henry Harrison dies from pneumonia just one month after his inauguration (More info)

This Day in History for April 3 – Pony Express Begins and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:00:34 +0000

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

1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run begins (More info)

1882 – Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford, one of his own gang members (More info)

This Day in History for April 2 – Pope John Paul II Dies and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:00:09 +0000

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1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida (More info)

1917 – President Woodrow Wilson asks the US Congress for a declaration of war on Germany (More info)

This Day in History for March 29 – US Troops Leave Vietnam and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:00:08 +0000

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1867 – The North America Act is passed by the British parliament, creating the dominion of Canada (More info)

1929 – Herbert Hoover becomes the first president to have a telephone installed in the Oval Office (More info)

This Day in History for March 27 – FDA Approves Viagra and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:00:18 +0000

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1866 – President Andrew Johnson vetoes a civil rights bill which later becomes the 14th Amendment (More info)

1912 – Japanese cherry trees are planted along the Potomac, giving rise to the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC (More info)

This Day in History for March 26 – Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty Signed and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:00:57 +0000

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1945 – The battle of Iwo Jima ends (More info)

1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (More info)

This Day in History for March 23 – Mussolini Founds Facist Movement and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:00:52 +0000

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

1775 – Patrick Henry opposes British policy by declaring, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” (More info)

1839 – The initials “O.K.” are first published in the Boston Morning Post (More info)

This Day in History for March 22 – Hale-Bopp Comet Appears and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:55 +0000

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

1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies (More info)

1894 – The first Stanley Cup championship game is won by the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, which triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals (More info)