Members phkrause Posted October 27, 2024 Author Members Posted October 27, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 26 1881 Shootout at the O.K. Corral On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1825 Erie Canal opens American Revolution 1774 Congress petitions British king to address grievances 1775 King George III speaks to Parliament of American rebellion 1776 Benjamin Franklin sets sail for France Art, Literature and Film History 1946 “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak is born 1985 Whitney Houston earns her first #1 hit with “Saving All My Love For You” Civil War 1864 “Bloody Bill” Anderson killed Crime 1984 An Ozzy Osbourne fan dies by suicide Inventions & Science 1984 Infant receives baboon heart Sports 1986 Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner lets ground ball roll through his legs U.S. Presidents 2001 George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act World War I 1917 Brazil declares war on Germany World War II 1942 Japanese planes destroy the U.S.S Hornet Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted October 27, 2024 Author Members Posted October 27, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 27 1904 New York City subway opens At 2:35 on the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes the controls on the inaugural run of the city’s innovative new rapid transit system: the subway. While London boasts the world’s oldest underground train network (opened in 1863) and Boston built the first... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1990s 1994 Justice Department announces that U.S. prison population exceeds one million Art, Literature and Film History 1932 Poet Sylvia Plath is born Cold War 1962 The United States and Soviet Union step back from brink of nuclear war Crime 1940 Mafia boss John Gotti is born 1961 Appeals court upholds Chuck Berry’s conviction Inventions & Science 1873 Joseph Glidden applies for a patent on his barbed wire design 2006 Chick-fil-A founder takes last Ford Taurus Religion 1659 Quakers executed for religious beliefs Sports 2004 Red Sox win first championship since 1918 U.S. Presidents 1858 Theodore Roosevelt is born Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted October 28, 2024 Author Members Posted October 28, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 28 1965 St. Louis’s Gateway Arch is completed On October 28, 1965, construction is completed on the Gateway Arch, a spectacular 630-foot-high catenary curve of stainless steel marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Missouri... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated Art, Literature and Film History 1998 President Bill Clinton signs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law Cold War 1962 Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba Inventions & Science 1992 Leif Erickson Tunnel completes 1,593-mile I-35 U.S. Government and Politics 1919 Congress overrides presidential veto of the Volstead Act, ushering in Prohibition World War II 1940 Italy invades Greece Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted October 29, 2024 Author Members Posted October 29, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 29 1998 John Glenn returns to space Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit the Earth, Senator John Herschel Glenn Jr. is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery on October 29, 1998... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Art, Literature and Film History 1971 Guitarist Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident Black History 1965 “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” is published Cold War 1956 Israel invades Egypt; Suez Crisis begins European History 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh executed Great Depression 1929 Stock market crashes on Black Tuesday Sports 2003 LeBron James debuts in the NBA U.S. Presidents 1901 President William McKinley’s assassin is executed Vietnam War 1969 “Chicago Eight” defendant Bobby Seale gagged during his trial World War I 1918 German sailors begin to mutiny Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted October 30, 2024 Author Members Posted October 30, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 30 1938 Orson Welles’s “War of the Worlds” radio play is broadcast “The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is broadcast on the radio on October 30, 1938. Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells’s 19th-century science fiction novel The War of the Worlds for national radio... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1864 The city of Helena, Montana, is founded after miners discover gold 1990s 1995 Quebec separatists narrowly defeated Art, Literature and Film History 1811 “Sense and Sensibility” is published 1905 George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” premieres in New York, causing a scandal Early 20th Century U.S. 1908 Queen of American high society dies Natural Disasters & Environment 1948 Killer smog claims elderly victims 1991 “Perfect storm” intensifies in the North Atlantic Sports 1974 Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle U.S. Presidents 1735 John Adams is born World War I 1918 Ottoman Empire signs treaty with Allies Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted October 31, 2024 Author Members Posted October 31, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 31 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 theses On October 31, 1517, legend has it that the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1864 The U.S. Congress admits Nevada as the 36th state 1960s 1963 Freak explosion at Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum kills nearly 100 American Revolution 1776 King George gives first parliamentary address after the Declaration of Independence Art, Literature and Film History 1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatlemania firsthand, paving the way for the British Invasion 1993 Actor River Phoenix dies Crime 1984 Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated European History 1961 Stalin’s body removed from Lenin’s tomb Inventions & Science 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto publishes a paper introducing Bitcoin Roaring Twenties 1926 Celebrated magician Harry Houdini dies Sports 1950 Earl Lloyd becomes first Black player to suit up in the NBA 1997 Violet Palmer becomes first woman to officiate an NBA game Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 1, 2024 Author Members Posted November 1, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 01 1512 Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public 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 on November 1, 1512. Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists, was born in the small village of Caprese in 1475... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1924 Legendary western lawman is murdered 1990s 1993 European Union officially established American Revolution 1765 Stamp Act goes into effect in the American colonies 1777 John Paul Jones sets sail Black History 1945 The first issue of “Ebony” magazine is published Civil War 1861 George McClellan replaces Winfield Scott Cold War 1952 United States tests first hydrogen bomb Crime 1950 An assassination attempt threatens President Harry S. Truman Inventions & Science 1911 World’s first aerial bomb is dropped over Libya Middle Eastern History 1935 Palestinian-American public intellectual Edward Said is born Natural Disasters & Environment 1755 Earthquake takes heavy toll on Lisbon Sports 1946 First NBA game played 1959 Montreal’s Jacques Plante becomes first NHL goaltender to wear facemask U.S. Presidents 1800 John Adams moves into White House Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 3, 2024 Author Members Posted November 3, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 02 1947 Howard Hughes’s “Spruce Goose” flies The Hughes Flying Boat—at one time the largest aircraft ever built—is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight. Built with laminated birch and spruce (hence the nickname the Spruce Goose) the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan longer than a football field and was designed to carry more than 700 men to battle... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Art, Literature and Film History 1960 “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” obscenity trial ends Crime 1989 A nurse’s aide gets life imprisonment for murder Holidays 1983 MLK federal holiday declared Space Exploration 2000 First residential crew arrives aboard the International Space Station Sports 1986 Grete Waitz wins her eighth New York City Marathon U.S. Government and Politics 1948 Truman defeats Dewey U.S. Presidents 1795 James Polk is born 1865 Warren G. Harding is born Vietnam War 1963 Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated in South Vietnam World War I 1917 Balfour Declaration letter written Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 4, 2024 Author Members Posted November 4, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 03 2014 One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, on the site of the Twin Towers One World Trade Center officially opens in Manhattan on November 3, 2014. The new tower, along with the rest of the World Trade Center complex, replaced the Twin Towers and surrounding complex, which were destroyed by terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1979 Communists and Klansmen clash in Greensboro 1980s 1982 Massive truck explosion in Afghanistan’s Salang Tunnel Art, Literature and Film History 1844 William Makepeace Thackeray completes his novel “Barry Lyndon” 1962 The Crystals earn a #1 hit with “He’s A Rebel” Cold War 1957 Soviet Union launches a dog into space Crime 1883 Black Bart makes his last stagecoach robbery Latin American History 1903 Panama declares independence from Colombia Sports 1998 Former wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura is elected governor of Minnesota 2016 Chicago Cubs win first World Series title since 1908, snapping “curse” U.S. Government and Politics 1948 Newspaper mistakenly declares “Dewey Defeats Truman” 1964 D.C. residents cast first presidential votes since 1800 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater for presidency Vietnam War 1969 President Nixon calls on the “silent majority” Women's History 1992 Dianne Feinstein elected California Senator in the “Year of the Woman” World War I 1918 Central Powers face rebellion on the home front Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 5, 2024 Author Members Posted November 5, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 04 1922 Entrance to King Tut’s tomb discovered British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt on November 4, 1922. When Carter first arrived in Egypt in 1891, most of the ancient Egyptian tombs had been discovered, though the little-known King... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2016 Paris Agreement comes into effect American Revolution 1777 George Washington learns of effort to discredit him Art, Literature and Film History 1948 T.S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 “Dances with Wolves” premieres in theaters Crime 1928 One of New York’s most notorious gamblers is shot to death 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated Early U.S. 1791 Native Americans deliver crushing defeat at the Battle of the Wabash European History 1956 Soviets put a brutal end to Hungarian revolution Gay Rights 2008 Proposition 8 is passed in California, banning same-sex marriage Inventions & Science 1960 Jane Goodall observes a chimpanzee making and using tools Middle Eastern History 1979 Iran hostage crisis begins after U.S. embassy in Tehran is stormed Sports 1924 California legalizes professional boxing after 10-year ban U.S. Presidents 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd 2008 Barack Obama elected as America’s first Black president Vietnam War 1963 General Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam World War I 1918 Poet Wilfred Owen killed in action Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 6, 2024 Author Members Posted November 6, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 05 1941 The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor On November 5, 1941, the Combined Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1: In just over a month's time, Pearl Harbor is to be bombed, along with Malaya (now known as Malaysia), the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Art, Literature and Film History 2007 Writers strike stalls production of TV shows, movies Asian History 1556 Mughal victory assures Akbar’s ascension Civil War 1862 Lincoln removes General McClellan from Army of the Potomac Crime 2009 Army major kills 13 people in Fort Hood shooting spree European History 1605 King James learns of Gunpowder Plot Native American History 1862 Dakota Indian trials conclude, with more than 300 sentenced to hang Sports 1994 George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ U.S. Government and Politics 1968 Richard Nixon elected president U.S. Presidents 1912 Woodrow Wilson wins landslide victory 1977 George W. Bush marries Laura Welch in Midland, Texas Women’s History 1872 Susan B. Anthony casts a vote, prompting arrest World War II 1940 FDR re-elected for a third term Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 6, 2024 Author Members Posted November 6, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 06 1962 UN condemns apartheid in South Africa On November 6, 1962, the United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid policies and calling on all its members to end economic and military relations with the country... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Civil War 1861 Jefferson Davis elected Confederate president Cold War 1988 Renowned Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visits United States European History 1917 Bolsheviks revolt in Russia Exploration 1528 Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca lands in Texas Natural Disasters & Environment 1977 Dam gives way in Georgia, killing 39 Sports 1869 Rutgers beats Princeton in first college football game U.S. Presidents 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected president World War I 1917 British victory at Passchendaele Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 7, 2024 Author Members Posted November 7, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 07 1944 FDR wins unprecedented fourth term On November 7, 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. Roosevelt rose above personal and political challenges to emerge as one of the nation’s most revered and influential... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1885 Canada’s transcontinental railway completed Art, Literature and Film History 1943 Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is born 1966 John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet 1980 “King of Cool” Steve McQueen dies Black History 1989 Two African American firsts in politics Civil War 1861 Battle of Belmont, Missouri Crime 1932 Supreme Court overturns Scottsboro convictions Natural Disasters & Environment 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses Sports 1991 Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive U.S. Government and Politics 2000 Hillary Clinton is elected to the U.S. Senate U.S. Presidents 2000 Election results between Al Gore and George Bush too close to call Vietnam War 1972 Nixon re-elected president Women's History 1916 Jeannette Rankin becomes first woman elected to Congress World War I 1914 First issue of “The New Republic” published World War II 1944 Soviet master spy is hanged by the Japanese Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 8, 2024 Author Members Posted November 8, 2024 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 08 1895 German scientist discovers X-rays On November 8, 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) becomes the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT
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