September 06 1901 President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley died on September 14th.…
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This Day In History — Inaugural Meeting of the Continental Congress
September 05 1698 Russia’s Peter the Great levied a tax on bearded men. 1774 The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. 1836 The Republic of…
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September 04 1781 The city of Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers. 1888 George Eastman patented his roll-film camera and registered the Kodak trademark.…
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September 03 1189 Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey. 1658 Oliver Cromwell, the lord protector of England, died. 1783…
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September 02 1666 The great fire of London broke out, destroying much of the city, including St. Paul’s Cathedral. 1789 The U.S. Treasury Department was…
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September 01 1807 Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason. 1923 A devastating earthquake struck the Japanese cities of Tokyo and…
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August 31 1887 Thomas Edison received a patent for his “Kinetoscope,” and moving pictures were born. 1888 Mary Ann Nicholls, considered to be Jack the…
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August 30 1862 The Second Battle of Bull Run took place during the Civil War. 1905 Ty Cobb made his major league batting debut, playing…
View More This Day In History — Leningrad Siege BeginsThis Day In History — The Beatles Play Candlestick
August 29 1533 Atahualpa, the last ruler of the Incas, was murdered as Francisco Pizarro completed his conquest of Peru. 1786 Shays’s rebellion, an insurrection…
View More This Day In History — The Beatles Play CandlestickThis Day In History — “I Have a Dream”
August 28 1609 Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. 1850 Richard Wagner’s opera, Lohengrin, premiered at Weimar, Germany. 1922 The first commercial to be broadcast on…
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