Category: today

December 03 1818 Illinois became the 21st state in the United States. 1833 Oberlin College in Ohio became the first coed institution of higher learning…

December 02 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII. 1823 President James Monroe outlined his famous doctrine opposing…

December 01 1824 The presidential election between John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, and Henry Clay was turned over to the House of Representatives…

November 30 1804 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried for political bias. 1900 Irish author Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46. 1940…

November 29 1924 Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera “Turandot.’” 1929 Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew…

November 28 1520 Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan passed through the strait which bears his name to the Pacific ocean. 1919 American-born Lady Astor became the…

November 27 1841 Thirty-five Amistad survivors return to Africa. 1852 Lord Byron’s daughter Ada died. She had assisted Charles Babbage with his “analytical engine” and…

November 26 1789 The first national Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. was proclaimed by President George Washington. 1922 Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the…

November 25 1758 The British captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) in the French and Indian Wars. 1783 The British evacuated New York City, their last military…