This Day In History archive 1895 – Moving picture projector patented. 1914 – American...
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This Day In History archive 1909 – National Association for the Advancement of Colored...
This Day In History archive 1899 – A record low minus-15 degrees in Washington,...
This Day In History archive 1904 – Japan and Russia declare war, marking the...
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This Day In History archive 1889 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
This Day In History archive 1693 – William & Mary College is chartered in...
This Day In History archive 1876 – President Ulysses Grant’s private secretary Orville Babcock...
This Day In History archive 1820 – United States population announced at 9,638,453 with...
This Day In History archive 1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom...
This Day In History archive 1899 – The Philippine-American War begins with fighting between...
This Day In History archive 1887 – To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates...
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This Day In History archive 1892 – Bottle cap for beverage patented by inventor...
This Day In History archive 1897 – First auto insurance policy in the United...
This Day In History archive 1874 – Jesse James gang robs a train at...
This Day In History archive 1911 – First rescue of an air passenger by...
This Day In History archive 1892 – The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta,...
This Day In History archive 1855 – The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic...
This Day In History archive 1894 – University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11...
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This Day In History archive 1887 – Ground is broken and construction begins on...
This Day In History archive 1895 – New Haven Symphony Orchestra of Connecticut performs...
This Day In History archive 1908 – Lt. Gen. Robert Baden-Powell publishes “Scouting for...
This Day In History archive 1889 – Daniel Hale Williams forms the Provident Hospital...
This Day In History archive 1673 – Postal service between New York and Boston...
This Day In History archive 1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile. 1915 –...
This Day In History archive 1887 – Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl...
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This Day In History archive 1903 – First regular transatlantic radio broadcast between the...
This Day In History archive 1896 – First demonstration of an X-ray machine in...
This Day In History archive 1899 – United States takes possession of Wake Island...
This Day In History archive 1900 – The United States gained control over Tutuila...
This Day In History archive 1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam...
This Day In History archive 1873 – “Celluloid” registered as a trademark by its...
This Day In History archive 1908 – Rhodes Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania,...
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This Day In History archive 1906 – First time Dow Jones Industrial Average closes...
This Day In History archive 1897 – Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah takes office...
This Day In History archive 1901 – Oil discovered at Spindletop Hill in Beaumont...
This Day In History archive 1903 – Baseball’s National and American leagues end their...
This Day In History archive 1902 – New York State assemblyman Francis G. Landon...
This Day In History archive 1899 – Walter Camp publishes his first All-American football...
This Day In History archive 1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by...
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This Day In History archive 1904 – A Pennsylvania state-record minus-42 degrees in Smethport....
This Day In History archive 1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol...
This Day In History archive 1872 – The Patent Office began publishing granted patents...
This Day In History archive 1900 – Secretary of State John Hay announces the...
This Day In History archive 1882 – First United States income tax requires 3%...
This Day In History archive 1781 – Bank of North America, the first bank...
This Day In History archive 1903 – Electric arc lamp sets fire to Iroquois...
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This Day In History archive 1902 – Scott Joplin copyrighted “The Entertainer” and several...
This Day In History archive 1867 – United States claims Midway Island, the first...
This Day In History archive 1904 – Stage play “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie...
This Day In History archive 1799 – George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry...
This Day In History archive 1831 – Louisiana and Arkansas are the first states...
This Day In History archive 1893 – Henry Ford completes his first useful petrol/gasoline...
This Day In History archive 1788 – Maryland votes to cede a 10 square...
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This Day In History archive 1882 – First string of Christmas lights created by...
This Day In History archive 1891 – First game of basketball, based on rules...
This Day In History archive 1790 – First successful cotton mill begins spinning yarn...
This Day In History archive 1907 – 239 workers died in a coal mine...
This Day In History archive 1916 – Battle of Verdun, longest of World War...
This Day In History archive 1900 – New Ellis Island immigration station completed for...
This Day In History archive 1897 – First submarine with an internal combustion engine...
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This Day In History archive 1903 – New York Wall Street vendor Italo Marchiony...
This Day In History archive 1903 – The Wright brothers attempt to fly the...
This Day In History archive 1774 – Paul Revere and Wentworth Cheswell ride to...
This Day In History archive 1899 – George F. Bryant of Boston patents the...
This Day In History archive 1902 – The United States signs a treaty with...
This Day In History archive 1884 – “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain...
This Day In History archive 1793 – Noah Webster establishes New York’s first daily...
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This Day In History archive 1902 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. becomes an Associate...
This Day In History archive 1891 – 52nd United States Congress holds its first...
This Day In History archive 1877 – Washington Post publishes its first edition. 1907...
This Day In History archive 1848 – President James K. Polk triggers Gold Rush...
This Day In History archive 1899 – Webb Hayes, son of President Rutherford Hayes,...
This Day In History archive 1901 – At the Major League Baseball meeting, the...
This Day In History archive 1901 – King C. Gillette begins selling safety razor...
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This Day In History archive 1896 – First certified public accountants receive certificates in...
This Day In History archive 1886 – First commercially alternating current (AC) electric power...
This Day In History archive 1887 – United States receives the rights to Pearl...
This Day In History archive 1895 – America’s first auto race organized by the...
This Day In History archive 1895 – Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel’s will establishes the...
This Day In History archive 1898 – Snow and ice storm over parts of...
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This Day In History archive 1905 – Telimco makes the first advertisement for a...
This Day In History archive 1874 – Inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire. 1896...
This Day In History archive 1897 – Portable pencil sharpener patented by inventor John...
This Day In History archive 1908 – First United States-Japanese baseball game had the...
This Day In History archive 1852 – Duke University, founded in 1838 as Union...
This Day In History archive 1888 – Willard Bundy patents time card clock. 1914...
This Day In History archive 1861 – American poet and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe...
This Day In History archive 1883 – United States and Canadian railroads set and...