July 19 1848 The first women’s rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, was held in Seneca Falls, New York. 1870…
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This Day In History — The Burning of Rome
July 18 64 A great fire began that ultimately destroyed most of Rome. The emperor Nero blamed it on Christians and began the first Roman…
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July 17 1821 Spain ceded Florida to the United States. 1898 Spain surrendered to the United States at Santiago, Cuba, ending the Spanish-American War. 1917…
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July 16 1790 The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the United States government. 1918 Russia’s Czar Nicholas II and his family…
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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 — International Space VoyageThis Day In History — Vive la France!
July 14 1789 The storming and destruction of Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution. 1798 Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a…
View More This Day In History — Vive la France!The Screening Room Reviews: In the Mouth of Madness
It’s another fine Summer evening as the Screening Room crew gathers at KFHS. Mad Mike is speaking with an older gentleman in a long coat…
View More The Screening Room Reviews: In the Mouth of MadnessMary Hammond Joins FHSU Foundation
Courtesy of FHSU University Relations and Marketing HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State University Foundation announced today that Mary Hammond has joined its staff…
View More Mary Hammond Joins FHSU FoundationThis Day In History — Actor Extraordinaire, Harrison Ford, Is Born
July 13 1793 French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday. 1863 The draft riots, protesting…
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July 12 1543 England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr. 1690 Protestant William of Orange defeated Roman Catholic James II…
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