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On this day in History - July 22 Paid Members Public
1933 – Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo... 1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian... 1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between...
On this day in History - July 15 Paid Members Public
1741 - the first Europeans to visit Alaska... | 1799 - The Rosetta Stone is found in... | 1849 – The first air raid in history occurs...
On this day in History - July 8 2024 Paid Members Public
1892 – St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in... 1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO... 1889 – The first issue of The...
On this day in History - July 1 Paid Members Public
1867 – The British North America Act takes effect as... 1881 – The world’s first international telephone call is made between... 1903 – Start of first Tour de...
On this day in History - June 24 Paid Members Public
1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and... 1911 – Hiram Bingham III re-discovers... 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes...
On this day in History - June 17 Paid Members Public
1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in...|1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted...|1985 – Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying payload specialist, Sultan...
On this day in History - June 10 Paid Members Public
1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the U... 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholic... 1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.
On this day in History - June 3 Paid Members Public
1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to... 1965 – The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA... 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after...
On this day in History - May 27 Paid Members Public
1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture... 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the... 1930 – The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tall...
On this day in History - May 20 Paid Members Public
1802 – By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in... 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for... 1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing...
On this day in History - May 13 Paid Members Public
1950 – The inaugural Formula One World Championship race takes place at... 1958 – Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnav... 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Ev...
On this day in History - May 6 Paid Members Public
1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially... 1915 – Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his... 1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to ru...
On this day in History - April 29 Paid Members Public
1974 – Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release... 2004 – The final Oldsmobile is built in...
On this day in History - April 22 Paid Members Public
1954 – Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live... 1970 – The first Earth...
On this day in History - April 15 Paid Members Public
1912 – British passenger line sinks in the North Atlantic... 1947 – Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn 2013 – Two bombs explode near the...
On this day in History - April 8 Paid Members Public
April 08 1918 – World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war... 1952 – U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of... 2008 – The construction of the world’s first skyscraper...
