day in history

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded (More info) 1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone, famously greeting him with the words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1793 – After more than two centuries as a royal palace, the Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris by the French revolutionary government (More info) 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia (More info) 1916 – Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1913 – The United States introduces an income tax (More info) 1964 – Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers (More info) 1948 – In the greatest upset in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats his Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (More info) Read Mor

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th state in the US (More info) 1926 – Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develop after his appendix ruptures (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty (More info) 1919 – The US Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (More info) 1929 – “Black Thursday” stock market crash occurs on the New York Stock Exchange (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1861 – Union troops suffer a devastating defeat in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, the second major engagement of the Civil War (More info) 1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting President against lynching in the deep south (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1781 – British General Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing an end to the last major battle of the American Revolution (More info) 1789 – Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, clinching their last World Series to date (More info) 1912 – While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded (More info)