this day in history

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 (More info) 1965 – A switch at a station near Niagara Falls fails, plun

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1793 – After more than two centuries as a royal palace, the Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris by the French revolutionary government (More info) 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia (More info) 1916 – Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1913 – The United States introduces an income tax (More info) 1964 – Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers (More info) 1948 – In the greatest upset in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats his Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (More info) Read Mo

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th state in the US (More info) 1926 – Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develop after his appendix ruptures (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty (More info) 1919 – The US Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1787 – The first of the Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the US Constitution, is published (More info) 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway line opens (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1825 – The Erie Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River (More info) 1881 – Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday are involved in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona (More info)