February 01 1790 The Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time, in New York City. 1862 Julia Ward Howe’s poem “Battle…
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This Day In History — U.S. Launches first Earth Satellite
January 31 1606 Guy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was executed. 1865 Robert E. Lee was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces.…
View More This Day In History — U.S. Launches first Earth SatelliteThis Day In History — “Bloody Sunday” occurs
January 30 1649 King Charles I of England was beheaded. 1933 Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany. 1948 Gandhi was assassinated. 1968 North Vietnamese…
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January 29 1802 John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day. 1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven was published.…
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January 28 1547 King Henry VIII of England died and his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, assumed the throne. 1915 Congress passed legislation creating the U.S.…
View More This Day In History — Louis Brandeis appointed to Supreme CourtThis Day In History — Liberation of Auschwitz
January 27 1880 Thomas Edison was granted a patent for his incandescent light. 1944 The Soviets announced the end of the two-year siege of Leningrad.…
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January 26 1788 The first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia. 1802 Congress passed an act calling for the establishment of a library within the…
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January 25 1890 United Mine Workers of America was founded. 1915 Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated transcontinental telephone service. 1924 The first Winter Olympic games opened…
View More This Day In History — Charles Manson found guiltyThis Day In History — Death of Winston Churchill
January 24 41 Roman emperor, Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula (meaning Little Boot—he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered. 1848…
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January 23 1556 The deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shansi, China. 1789 Georgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC. 1849 Elizabeth…
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