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…
1905 – Fingerprint evidence is used to solve a British murder case http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fingerprint-evidence-is-used-to-solve-a-british-murder-case 1939 – March Madness is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-madness-is-born 1945 – Germans launch last…
1804 – Jefferson presented with a “mammoth loaf” of bread http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jefferson-presented-with-a-mammoth-loaf-of-bread 1832 – The steamboat Yellowstone heads for Montana http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-steamboat-yellowstone-heads-for-montana 1872 – Deadly earthquake hits…
1634 – The settlement of Maryland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-settlement-of-maryland 1911 – Fire kills 145 at Triangle Shirtwaist factory http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-kills-145-at-triangle-shirtwaist-factory 1958 – Sugar Ray defeats Basilio for middleweight…
1603 – Queen Elizabeth I dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/queen-elizabeth-i-dies 1955 – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-opens 1958 – Elvis Presley is inducted into the…
