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Post by LuLu on Nov 23, 2012 1:52:29 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 23, 1942,
during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure establishing the U.S. Women's Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS (an abbreviation of the U.S. Coast Guard motto...
In 1765,
Frederick County, Md. became the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.
In 1804,
the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce (puhrs), was born in Hillsboro, N.H.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 24, 2012 2:16:11 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 24, 1987,
the United States and the Soviet Union agreed on terms to scrap shorter- and medium-range missiles. (The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed by President Ronald...
In 1784,
Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, was born in Orange County, Va.
In 1859,
British naturalist Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 25, 2012 2:32:28 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 25, 1952,
the play "The Mousetrap," a murder mystery by Agatha Christie, first opened in London's West End; it is the longest continuously running show in history.
In 1783,
the British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.
In 1881,
Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli at Sotto il Monte, Italy.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 26, 2012 3:04:35 GMT -5
Movie Listing
On Nov. 26, 1942,
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning Dec. 1. The motion picture "Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its...
In 1789,
Nov. 26 was a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.
In 1825,
the first college social fraternity, the Kappa Alpha Society, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 27, 2012 1:55:08 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 27, 1942,
during World War II, the Vichy French navy at Toulon (too-LOHN') scuttled its ships and submarines to keep them out of the hands of German troops.
In 1839,
the American Statistical Association was founded in Boston.
In 1901,
the U.S. Army War College was established in Washington
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Post by LuLu on Nov 28, 2012 2:54:13 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 28, 1942,
nearly 500 people died in a fire that destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.
In 1520,
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
In 1861,
the Confederate Congress admitted Missouri as the 12th state of the Confederacy after Missouri's disputed secession from the Union.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 29, 2012 1:49:20 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 29, 1952,
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower secretly left on a trip to Korea, keeping his campaign promise to assess the ongoing conflict first-hand.
In 1530,
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (WOOL'-zee), onetime adviser to England's King Henry VIII, died.
In 1864,
a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 30, 2012 1:37:27 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 30, 1982,
the Michael Jackson album "Thriller" was released by Epic Records.
In 1782,
the United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
In 1803,
Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France, which had sold it to the United States.
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Post by LuLu on Dec 1, 2012 1:40:29 GMT -5
Today In History
On Dec. 1, 1862,
President Abraham Lincoln sent his Second Annual Message to Congress, which was read aloud by the Secretary of the Senate. In it, Lincoln called for the abolition of slavery,...
In 1824,
the presidential election was turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock developed between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and...
In 1860,
the Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations" was first published in weekly serial form.
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Post by LuLu on Dec 2, 2012 1:41:06 GMT -5
Today In History
On Dec. 2, 1942,
an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago.
In 1804,
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French.
In 1812,
the Electoral College chose President James Madison to serve a second term of office.
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Post by LuLu on Dec 3, 2012 4:02:20 GMT -5
Today In History
On Dec. 3, 1992,
the first telephone text message was sent by British engineer Neil Papworth, who transmitted the greeting "Merry Christmas" from his work computer in Newbury, Berkshire, to...
In 1810,
British forces captured Mauritius from the French, who had renamed the island nation off southeast Africa "Ile de France."
In 1818,
Illinois was admitted as the 21st state.
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Post by LuLu on Dec 4, 2012 1:30:49 GMT -5
Today In History
On Dec. 4, 1619,
a group of settlers from Bristol, England, arrived at Berkeley Hundred in present-day Charles City County, Va., where they held a service thanking God for their safe arrival....
In 1783,
Gen. George Washington bade farewell to his Continental Army officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.
In 1816,
James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States.
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Post by LuLu on Dec 5, 2012 1:23:34 GMT -5
Today In History
On Dec. 5, 1962,
the United States and the Soviet Union announced a bilateral space agreement on exchanging weather data from satellites, mapping Earth's geomagnetic field and cooperating in...
In 1776,
the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
In 1782,
the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook, N.Y.; he was the first chief executive to be born after American independence.
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Post by LuLu on Dec 6, 2012 1:27:24 GMT -5
Today In History
On Dec. 6, 1922,
the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which established the Irish Free State, came into force one year to the day after it was signed in London.
In 1790,
Congress moved to Philadelphia from New York.
In 1884,
Army engineers completed construction of the Washington Monument by setting an aluminum capstone atop the obelisk.
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Post by LuLu on Dec 7, 2012 1:43:56 GMT -5
Today In History
On Dec. 7, 1941,
Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as part of its plan to conquer Southeast Asian territories; the raid, which claimed some 2,400...
In 1787,
Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1796,
electors chose John Adams to be the second president of the United States.
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