Today in History - October 27
Today in History - October 27 The first in a series of eighty-five essays by "Publius," the pen name for Alexander Hamilton, Jame...
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Today in History - October 26
Today in History - October 26 The Erie Canal opened on October 26, 1825. Continue reading . Mahalia Jackson, the "Queen of Gospel So...
Today in History - October 25
Today in History - October 25 On October 25, 1764, Abigail Smith married a young lawyer from Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, by the ...
Today in History - October 24
Today in History - October 24 On October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph system was completed by Western Union, making it po...
Today in History - October 23
Today in History - October 23 The Senate passed a $5.98 billion supplemental Lend-Lease Bill on October 23, 1941, bringing the United State...
Today in History - October 22
Today in History - October 22 The Metropolitan Opera House (the Met), then located on Broadway at 39th Street in New York City, opened on O...
Today in History - October 21
Today in History - October 21 On October 21, 1960, American viewers were riveted to their television sets for the broadcast of the fourth a...
Today in History - October 20
Today in History - October 20 On October 20, 1803, the Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty by a vote of twenty-four to seven. Co...
Today in History - October 19
Today in History - October 19 British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yor...
Today in History - October 18
Today in History - October 18 On October 18, 1898, American troops fighting in the Spanish-American War raised the United States flag in Pu...
Today in History - October 17
Today in History - October 17 On October 17, 1823, President James Monroe wrote a letter to his friend and Virginia neighbor Thomas Jeffers...
Today in History - October 16
Today in History - October 16 Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and twenty-one armed followers stole into the town of Harpe...
Today in History - October 15
Today in History - October 15 On October 15, 1972, Jackie Robinson attended a World Series game that included a commemoration of the twenty...
Today in History - October 14
Today in History - October 14 William Penn, English religious and social reformer and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, was born on ...
Today in History - October 13
Today in History - October 13 The cornerstone of the White House was laid on October 13, 1792. Continue reading . Click here to search ...
Today in History - October 12
Today in History - October 12 Early in the morning of October 12, 1492, a sailor on board the Pinta sighted land, beginning a new era of Eu...
Today in History - October 11
Today in History - October 11 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. Continue reading . On October 11, 196...
Today in History - October 10
Today in History - October 10 On October 10, 1850, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal was completed and opened for business along its entire 1...
Today in History - October 9
Today in History - October 9 On October 9, 1701, the colonial legislature of Connecticut chartered the Collegiate School in Saybrook to edu...
Today in History - October 8
Today in History - October 8 On Sunday, October 8, 1871, fire leveled a broad swath of Michigan and Wisconsin, including the cities of Pesh...
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