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...
Today in History - October 7
Today in History - October 7 Cornell University welcomed its first 412 students to the rural campus overlooking Lake Cayuga in Ithaca, New ...
Today in History - October 6
Today in History - October 6 On October 6, 1866, thieves boarded an eastbound Ohio & Mississippi Railroad passenger train near Seymour,...
Today in History - October 5
Today in History - October 5 On October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph, exhausted and disheartened, surrendered in the Bears Paw Mountains of Montan...
Today in History - October 4
Today in History - October 4 The General Court of the Plymouth Colony instituted a legal code, the first composed in North America, on Octo...
Today in History - October 3
Today in History - October 3 John Ross, long-time leader of the Cherokee Nation, was born on October 3, 1790, in Cherokee territory now par...
Today in History - October 2
Today in History - October 2 On October 2, 1780, British intelligence officer Major John André was hanged as a spy in Tappan, New York. Co...
Today in History - October 1
Today in History - October 1 On October 1, 1903, the Boston Americans (soon to become the Red Sox) of the American League played the Nation...
Today in History - September 30
Today in History - September 30 On September 30, 1847, Congressman George Perkins Marsh delivered a speech on agricultural conditions in Ne...
Today in History - September 29
Today in History - September 29 On September 29, 1789, the final day of its first session, the United States Congress passed "An act t...
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