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This Day in History for September 10 – Last Guillotine Execution and More

Joe Hyer — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:00:05 +0000

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

1608 – John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia (More info)

1897 – A London man is arrested for drunk driving, making him the first person apprehended for the crime (More info)

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This Day in History for May 24 – Brooklyn Bridge Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:00:45 +0000

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

1775 – John Hancock is elected president of the Second Continental Congress (More info)

1844 – Samuel Morse transmits the first telegraph message: “What hath God wrought?” (More info)

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This Day in History for February 9 – US Troops Arrive in Vietnam and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

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

1942 – Year-round daylight saving time is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources (More info)

1950 – Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the US Department of State of being filled with Communists (More info)

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This Day in History for December 21 – Pilgrims Land on Plymouth Rock and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:00:15 +0000

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

1620 – William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts (More info)

1898 – Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium (More info)

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

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:00:32 +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)

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

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:00:45 +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)

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

Shauna Wright — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:00:35 +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)

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

Shauna Wright — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:30:55 +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)

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

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:00:12 +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)

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

Shauna Wright — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:00:23 +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)

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

Shauna Wright — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:00:55 +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)

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

Shauna Wright — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:00:09 +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)

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

Shauna Wright — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:30:30 +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)

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

Shauna Wright — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:30:31 +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)

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This Day in History for November 18 – Mickey Mouse Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:00:06 +0000

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

1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times (More info)

1926 – George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, “I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize” (More info)

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This Day in History for November 17 – Suez Canal Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:00:12 +0000

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

1869 – The Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, opens in Egypt (More info)

1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts the movie ‘Heidi’ instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the US (More info)

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This Day in History for November 16 – Federal Reserve Bank Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:00:58 +0000

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

1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory collectively enter the United States as Oklahoma, the 46th state (More info)

1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens (More info)

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This Day in History for November 11 – Armistice Day and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:00:22 +0000

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

1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod (More info)

1831 – Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising (More info)

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This Day in History for November 10 – 'Sesame Street' Premieres and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:00:43 +0000

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

1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded (More info)

1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone, famously greeting him with the words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” (More info)

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This Day in History for November 9 – Berlin Wall Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:30:15 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts (More info) 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first sitting US President to make an official trip outside the country, traveling to inspect progress on the Panama Canal [...]