This Day In History archive 1898 – Spanish-American War: Congress declared war on Spain,...
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This Day In History archive 1898 – Spanish-American War: Spain declared war after rejecting...
This Day In History archive 1789 – President-elect George Washington moved into Franklin House...
This Day In History archive 1914 – Babe Ruth’s first professional game as a...
This Day In History archive 1794 – New York City formally ceded the coast...
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This Day In History archive 1862 – First pasteurization test was completed by Louis...
This Day In History archive 1924 – “National Barn Dance” radio show premiered on...
This Day In History archive 1864 – The Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina began...
This Day In History archive 1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fought...
This Day In History archive 1874 – The New York State Legislature passed a...
This Day In History archive 1902 – James Cash Penney opened his first store,...
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This Day In History archive 1896 – John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan” premiered at...
This Day In History archive 1892 – George C. Blickensderfer patented the portable typewriter....
This Day In History archive 1890 – Ellis Island, New York, was designated as...
This Day In History archive 1790 – Patent system formed in the United States...
This Day In History archive 1909 – Congress passed the Payne-Aldrich bill, raising certain...
This Day In History archive 1879 – Milk was sold in a glass bottle...
This Day In History archive 1891 – Nebraska enacted a law requiring an eight-hour...
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This Day In History archive 1889 – George Eastman began selling Kodak flexible roll...
This Day In History archive 1915 – Jess Willard knocked out Jack Johnson in...
This Day In History archive 1789 – First Congress began regular sessions during George...
This Day In History archive 1910 – Four local men claimed to have been...
This Day In History archive 1866 – President Andrew Johnson issued Proclamation 153, declaring...
This Day In History archive 1853 – Cincinnati became the first American city to...
This Day In History archive 1865 – SS General Lyon caught fire and sank...
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This Day In History archive 1867 – The United States bought Alaska from Russia...
This Day In History archive 1848 – Niagara Falls stopped flowing for 30 hours...
This Day In History archive 1885 – Salvation Army officially organized in the United...
This Day In History archive 1866 – Andrew Rankin patents the urinal. 1912 –...
This Day In History archive 1903 – The American Hotel opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
This Day In History archive 1905 – Confederate battle flags captured during the Civil...
This Day In History archive 1900 – New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van...
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This Day In History archive 1775 – Patrick Henry proclaims “Give me liberty or...
This Day In History archive 1871 – William Holden of North Carolina becomes the...
This Day In History archive 1865 – Battle of Bentonville ends. The battle near...
This Day In History archive 1886 – First air conditioning power plant in the...
This Day In History archive 1831 – The first bank robbery in the United...
This Day In History archive 1881 – Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as “The...
This Day In History archive 1756 – St. Patrick’s Day is first celebrated in...
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This Day In History archive 1871 – First fertilizer law enacted. 1883 – Susan...
This Day In History archive 1892 – New York state unveils automatic ballot booth,...
This Day In History archive 1900 – United States currency goes on the gold...
This Day In History archive 1911 – Ivan Caryll’s musical “The Pink Lady” premieres...
This Day In History archive 1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the...
1865 – General William T. Sherman’s Union forces occupied Fayetteville, North Carolina. 1915 –...
This Day In History archive 1876 – First telephone call: Alexander Graham Bell says,...
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This Day In History archive 1897 – Cleveland fans start calling the baseball team...
This Day In History archive 1913 – Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and...
This Day In History archive 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for...
This Day In History archive 1886 – First alternating current power plant in the...
This Day In History archive 1836 – Samuel Colt’s Patent Arms Manufacturing Company manufactures...
This Day In History archive 1789 – The first United States Congress with nine...
This Day In History archive 1875 – Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, which lasts...
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This Day In History archive 1901 – US Steel Company organized under J.P. Morgan...
This Day In History archive 1909 – First university school of nursing established in...
This Day In History archive 1903 – Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buy Philadelphia...
This Day In History archive 1883 – Oscar Hammerstein patents the first cigar-rolling machine....
This Day In History archive 1907 – Royal Oil and Shell merge to form...
This Day In History archive 1901 – US Steel Corporation organized under J.P. Morgan...
This Day In History archive 1899 – Western Washington University is established. 1917 –...
This Day In History archive 1896 – Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield. 1903...
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This Day In History archive 1775 – First United States joint stock company to...
This Day In History archive 1885 – Washington Monument dedicated in Washington, D.C. 1895...
This Day In History archive 1902 – Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and...
This Day In History archive 1878 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for...
This Day In History archive 1885 – Mark Twain publishes the “Adventures of Huckleberry...
This Day In History archive 1878 – First telephone exchange in San Francisco, California...
This Day In History archive 1909 – First subway car with side doors goes...
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This Day In History archive 1903 – First Teddy Bear introduced in America. It’s...
This Day In History archive 1899 – Congress begins using voting machines. 1912 –...
This Day In History archive 1895 – Moving picture projector patented. 1914 – American...
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...
