1776 – Congress opens all U.S. ports to international trade http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-opens-all-u-s-ports-to-international-trade 1830 – Mormon Church established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mormon-church-established 1853 – Emil Jellinek-Mercedes born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/emil-jellinek-mercedes-born 1896 –…
1614 – Pocahontas marries John Rolfe http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pocahontas-marries-john-rolfe 1792 – Washington exercises first presidential veto http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-exercises-first-presidential-veto 1955 – Winston Churchill resigns http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/winston-churchill-resigns 1984 – Abdul-Jabbar breaks…
1913 – Muddy Waters is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/muddy-waters-is-born 1933 – Man who took NASCAR mainstream is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/man-who-took-nascar-mainstream-is-born 1949 – NATO established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nato-established 1960 – Ben-Hur…
1860 – Pony Express debuts http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pony-express-debuts 1882 – Jesse James is murdered http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jesse-james-is-murdered 1974 – Series of deadly twisters hits U.S. heartland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/series-of-deadly-twisters-hits-u-s-heartland 1978 –…
1513 – Ponce de Leon discovers Florida http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ponce-de-leon-discovers-florida 1805 – Hans Christian Andersen is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hans-christian-andersen-is-born 1917 – Wilson asks for declaration of war http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-asks-for-declaration-of-war…
1700 – April Fools tradition popularized http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-fools-tradition-popularized 1789 – First U.S. House of Representatives elects speaker http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-u-s-house-of-representatives-elects-speaker 1816 – Jane Austen declines royal writing advice…
1889 – Eiffel Tower opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eiffel-tower-opens 1931 – Knute Rockne, Studebaker namesake, dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/knute-rockne-studebaker-namesake-dies 1943 – Oklahoma! premieres on Broadway http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oklahoma-premieres-on-broadway 1959 – Dalai Lama…
1820 – Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty, is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anna-sewell-author-of-black-beauty-is-born 1870 – 15th Amendment adopted http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/15th-amendment-adopted 1965 – Bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in…
1929 – Herbert Hoover has telephone installed in Oval Office http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/herbert-hoover-has-telephone-installed-in-oval-office 1951 – Rosenbergs convicted of espionage http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rosenbergs-convicted-of-espionage 1974 – Mariner 10 visits Mercury http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mariner-10-visits-mercury…
1814 – Funeral held for the man behind the guillotine http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/funeral-held-for-the-man-behind-the-guillotine 1915 – First American citizen killed during WWI http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-american-citizen-killed-during-wwi 1958 – W.C. Handy—the “Father…
