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Post by LuLu on Feb 12, 2013 2:37:21 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 12, 1809,
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky.
In 1554,
Lady Jane Grey, who'd claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beheaded after being condemned for high treason.
In 1818,
Chile officially proclaimed its independence, more than seven years after initially renouncing Spanish rule.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 13, 2013 2:01:04 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 13, 1943,
during World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve was officially established.
In 1542,
the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery.
In 1741,
Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine. "The American Magazine, or A Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies" lasted three...
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Post by LuLu on Feb 14, 2013 2:44:48 GMT -5
Today in History
Federico Fellini's art-house classic "8 1/2," a movie about a movie director played by Marcello Mastroianni, was first released in Italy.
In 1778,
the American ship Ranger carried the recently adopted Stars and Stripes to a foreign port for the first time as it arrived in France.
In 1859,
Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 15, 2013 2:25:15 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 15, 1933,
President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that mortally wounded Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak; gunman Giuseppe Zangara was executed more...
In 1764,
the city of St. Louis was established by Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau.
In 1898,
the U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the United States closer to war with Spain.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 16, 2013 16:25:18 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 16, 1968,
the nation's first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Ala., as the speaker of the Alabama House, Rankin Fite, placed a call from the mayor's office...
In 1804,
Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.
In 1862,
the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended as some 12,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's victory earned him the nickname...
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Post by LuLu on Feb 18, 2013 1:58:30 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 18, 1913,
Mexican President Francisco I. Madero and Vice President Jose Maria Pino Suarez were arrested during a military coup (both resigned their positions the next day, and both were...
In 1735,
the first opera presented in America, "Flora, or Hob in the Well," was performed in present-day Charleston, S.C.
In 1861,
Jefferson Davis was sworn in as provisional president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 19, 2013 1:33:36 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 19, 1963,
the book "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan, credited with reviving American feminism, was first published by W.W. Norton & Co.
In 1473,
astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland.
In 1803,
Congress voted to accept Ohio's borders and constitution.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 20, 2013 1:22:09 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 20, 2003,
a fire sparked by pyrotechnics broke out during a concert by the group Great White at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others.
In 1792,
President George Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office.
In 1809,
the Supreme Court ruled that no state legislature could annul the judgments or determine the jurisdictions of federal courts.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 21, 2013 18:38:52 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 21, 1613,
Mikhail Romanov, 16, was unanimously chosen by Russia's national assembly to be czar, beginning a dynasty that would last three centuries.
In 1513,
Pope Julius II, who had commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, died nearly four months after the project was completed.
In 1862,
Nathaniel Gordon became the first and only American slave-trader to be executed under the U.S. Piracy Law of 1820 as he was hanged in New York.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 22, 2013 11:05:25 GMT -5
Today In History
In 1784,
a U.S. merchant ship, the Empress of China, left New York for the Far East to trade goods with China.
In 1862,
Jefferson Davis, already the provisional president of the Confederacy, was inaugurated for a six-year term following his election in November 1861.
In 1865,
Tennessee adopted a new constitution which included the abolition of slavery.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 23, 2013 3:22:56 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 23, 1863,
British explorers John H. Speke and James A. Grant announced they had found the source of the Nile River to be Lake Victoria. (This finding was disputed by Speke's colleague,...
In 1836,
the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1848,
the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, died in Washington, D.C., at age 80.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 24, 2013 3:37:40 GMT -5
Today In History
On Feb. 24, 1868,
the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the...
In 1582,
Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull, or edict, outlining his calendar reforms. (The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.)
In 1803,
in its Marbury v. Madison decision, the Supreme Court established judicial review of the constitutionality of statutes.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 25, 2013 15:12:24 GMT -5
Today In History
On Feb. 25, 1913,
the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, was declared in effect by Secretary of State Philander Chase Knox.
In 1836,
inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver.
In 1862,
Nashville, Tenn., became the first Confederate state capital to be occupied by the North during the Civil War.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 26, 2013 2:12:58 GMT -5
Today In History
On Feb. 26, 1993,a truck bomb built by terrorists exploded in the parking garage of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
In 1815,
Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the Island of Elba.
In 1870,
an experimental air-driven subway, the Beach Pneumatic Transit, opened in New York City for public demonstrations.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 27, 2013 5:34:40 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 27, 1933,
Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag (RYKS'-tahg), was gutted by fire. Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming the Communists, used the fire as justification for suspending...
In 1801,
the District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.
In 1911,
inventor Charles F. Kettering demonstrated his electric automobile starter in Detroit by starting a Cadillac's motor with just the press of a switch, instead of hand-cranking.
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