Day in History

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1901 – Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean (More info) 1913 – Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ‘The Mona Lisa’ is recovered inside Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec (More info) 1935 – Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder (More info) 1958 – The John Birch Society is founded in the United States (More info) 1965 – ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ debuts on CBS, airi

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution (More info) 1941 – In an early-morning sneak attack, Japanese warplanes bomb the US naval base at Oahu Island’s Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to enter World War II (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1848 – In a message before Congress, President James K. Polk sparks the Gold Rush when he confirms that large amounts of the precious metal had been discovered in California (More info) 1933 – The 21st Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, bringing an end to the prohibition of alcohol in America (More info) 19

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years (More info) 1823 – During his annual address to Congress, President James Monroe proclaims a new US foreign policy initiative that becomes known as the Monroe Doctrine (More in

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1981 – In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (More info) 1982 – Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all time, is released (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1520 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific (More info) 1895 – Frank Duryea wins the first motor-car race in the United States (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco (More info) 1936 – The first issue of the pictorial magazine Life is published, featuring a cover photo of the Fort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1718 – Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is killed off the coast of North Carolina (More info) 1943 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt to discuss ways to defeat Japan (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1920 – In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as “Bloody Sunday” (More info) 1922 – Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times (More info) 1926 – George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, “I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form coul

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory collectively enter the United States as Oklahoma, the 46th state (More info) 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens (More info)