1846 – Michigan ends the death penalty. 1878 – Thomas Edison’s phonograph shown for...
History
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1861 – President Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army volunteers and another 18,000 seamen. 1901...
1878 – US stops minting 20 cent coin. 1885 – “Good Housekeeping” magazine is...
1873 – 1st US postal card issued. 1900 – Premature blast collapses mine tunnel...
1789 – George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States...
1892 – Charlie Reilly is first pinch hitter. 1905 – 2″ rain falls in...
1855 – 1st veterinary college in the US incorporated in Boston. 1881 – Billy...
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1805 – Marines attack shores of Tripoli. 1877 – Rutherford B. Hayes removes Federal...
1887 – Huntsville Electric Co. forms to sell electricity. 1925 – Pulitzer prize awarded...
1861 – The Union Army arrives to reinforce Washington, D.C. (Civil War) 1901 –...
1888 – Eastman Kodak founded by George Eastman. 1908 – Mr. & Mrs. Jacob...
1635 – Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded. 1861 – Robert E....
1823 – R.J. Tyers patents roller skates. 1898 – President William McKinley orders blockade...
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1898 – Spanish-American War: The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state...
1862 – First pasteurization test completed by Frenchman Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard. 1912...
1892 – Charles Duryea takes the 1st American-made automobile for a test drive. 1906...
1865 – Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to General William T. Sherman in...
1864 – Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina. 1907 – Ellis Island, New York, records...
1881 – Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. 1900 –...
1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies nine hours after he is shot by John Wilkes...
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1828 – First American Dictionary: Its author, Noah Webster, registers its copyright for publication....
1865 – Raleigh, North Carolina, captured by Union forces. 1911 – The US House...
1861 – Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked by the Confederacy, beginning the...
1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction. 1900 –...
1849 – Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC): sold rights for $400. 1869...
1909 – Congress passed the Payne-Aldrich bill, raising certain tariffs on goods entering the...
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded. 1884 – Susan B. Anthony...
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1902 – Texas Oil Company (Texaco) formed. 1922 – Warren G. Harding’s Interior Secretary,...
1889 – George Eastman begins selling his Kodak flexible rolled film for the first...
1768 – 1st Chamber of Commerce forms (New York City) 1915 – Jess Willard...
1789 – 1st US Congress begins regular session during George Washington’s presidency at Federal...
1860 – Pony Express began between St. Joseph, Missouri & Sacramento, California. 1910 –...
1866 – President Andrew Johnson ends the civil war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,...
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1778 – New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the “$” symbol. 1889 – 1st...
1850 – US population hits 24,191,876 (African American population: 3,638,808 (15.7%) 1880 – 1st...
1842 – Ether used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr. Crawford Long...
1848 – Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam...
1881 – “Greatest Show On Earth” formed by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony...
1884 – 1st long distance telephone call, Boston-NY. 1890 – A tornado strikes Louisville,...
1845 – Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band-aid. 1910 – US...
1776 – Continental Congress authorizes a medal for George Washington. 1865 – SS General...
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1868 – Metropolitan Life Insurance Company forms. 1883 – 1st telephone call between NY...
1857 – Elisha Otis installs his 1st elevator at 488 Broadway in New York...
1861 – 1st US nursing school chartered. 1871 – William Holden of North Carolina...
1816 – US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions. 1865...
1822 – Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city. 1883 – Jan Matzeliger invented the...
1881 – Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts...
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1894 – US & China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering the US....
1830 – New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1865 –...
1869 – With 10 salaried players, Cincinnati Red Stockings become baseball’s first professional team....
1812 – Congress authorizes war bonds to finance the War of 1812. 1862 –...
1852 – Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern...
1755 – 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine....
1779 – US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) 1865 – General William...
1865 – Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, North Carolina. 1910 – Pittsburgh Courier begins publishing....
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1933 – US Congress is called into special session by President Franklin D. Roosevelt,...
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded. 1884 – Susan B. Anthony...
1865 – 10 battles around Kinston, North Carolina during the Civil War. 1876 –...
1896 – 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B. King rides his “Horseless Carriage” 1918...
1836 – Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber “Texas” model. 1853 – Piano company...
1789 – 1st Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)...
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1812 – US passes first foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake victims) 1837 –...
1799 – Congress standardizes US weights & measures. 1819 – US passed first immigration...
1781 – Continental Congress officially adopts the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of...
1784 – John Wesley charters Methodist Church. 1854 – Republican Party formally organized in...
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1827 – 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans. 1901 – NL Rules Committee...
1907 – Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 1907 –...
1836 – Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolving cylinder revolver, enabling the firearm to...
1839 – Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia. 1911 – Japan and the...
1822 – Boston, Massachusetts, is incorporated as a city 1896 – Tootsie Roll introduced...
1865 – Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals. 1879 – 1st...
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1792 – US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance. 1872 –...
1906 – W.K. Kellogg (after falling out with a brother over development of credit...
1865 – Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft. Anderson, NC. 1885 – Mark...
1801 – US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie by electing Thomas Jefferson...
1838 – Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions. 1861 –...
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1887 – Cubs sell Mark King Kelly to Boston for $10,000. 1899 – Congress...
1795 – 1st state university in the US opens, University of North Carolina. 1861...
1909 – National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms. 1914 –...
1895 – Georgetown became part of Washington, D.C. 1903 – Congress adopts the Expedition...
1855 – US citizenship laws amended, all children of US parents born abroad granted...
1886 – President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of...
1862 – Battle of Roanoke Island, NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound. 1898...
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1862 – Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island, NC. 1915 – 1st wireless message...
1820 – US population announced at 9,638,453, African Americans 1,771,656 (18.4%) 1869 – Harper’s...
1870 – 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia. 1900 – The...