On This Day July 3
In 1915, in what could be considered a busy 24 hours, German spy Eric Muenter [...]
On This Day June 26
In 1989 the Supreme Court rules 16 year-olds can receive the death penalty, in 1997 [...]
On This Day June 19
On this day in 1865 Major General Gordon Granger arrived on Galveston Island and issued [...]
On This Day June 12
On this day in 1935 Ella Fitzgerald records her first hit songs at the age [...]
On This Day June 5
In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt takes the nation off the “Gold Standard”, in 1967 the [...]
On This Day May 29
In 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary become the first to summit Mt. Everest, in [...]
On This Day May 22
In 1856 Senator Preston brooks delivers a near fatal beating to fellow Senator Charles Sumner [...]
On This Day May 15
In 1252 Pope Innocent IV authorizes the torture of heretics during the Inquisition, in 1905 [...]
On This Day May 8
In 1945 victory in Europe is declared, in 1973 the standoff at Wounded Knee ends, [...]
On This Day May 1
In Bulgaria (for as long as anyone can remember) Irminden is dedicated to banning snakes [...]
