September 25 1775 Ethan Allen was captured by the British. 1789 The first Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the…
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This Day In History — Judiciary Act of 1789 Passed
September 24 1789 Congress passed the First Judiciary Act which provided for a U.S. attorney general and the Supreme Court. 1957 The Brooklyn Dodgers played…
View More This Day In History — Judiciary Act of 1789 PassedThis Day In History — Robert Wadlow, the world tallest man, died
July 15 1869 Margarine was patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries. 1870 Georgia became the last of the Confederate States to be readmitted to…
View More This Day In History — Robert Wadlow, the world tallest man, diedThis Day In History — The United States annexed Hawaii
July 07 1456 Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc. 1797 William Blount of Tennessee…
View More This Day In History — The United States annexed HawaiiThis Day In History — Anne Frank and her family sought refuge from the Nazis
July 06 1535 Sir Thomas More was beheaded after refusing to join Henry VIII’s Church of England. 1885 Louis Pasteur successfully treated a patient with…
View More This Day In History — Anne Frank and her family sought refuge from the NazisThis Day In History — The Birth of P.T. Barnum
July 05 1811 Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain. 1865 William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London, England.…
View More This Day In History — The Birth of P.T. BarnumThis Day In History — The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain.
July 04 1776 The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain. 1826 Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died. 1831 Former president James Monroe…
View More This Day In History — The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain.This Day In History — George Washington took command of the Continental Army
July 03 1608 Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec. 1775 Commander in chief George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge,…
View More This Day In History — George Washington took command of the Continental ArmyThis Day In History — The Death of Nostradamus
July 02 1566 French astrologer, physician, and prophet Nostradamus died. 1881 President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died on Sept. 19. 1890…
View More This Day In History — The Death of NostradamusThis Day In History — Confederate Flag was Removed from the South Carolina Statehouse
July 01 1863 The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began. 1867 Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great…
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