1846 – Eighth planet discovered https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eighth-planet-discovered 1875 – Billy the Kid arrested for first time https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/billy-the-kid-arrested-for-first-time 1949 – Truman announces Soviets have exploded a nuclear…
1862 – Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-issues-emancipation-proclamation 1953 – The famous “four-level” opens in Los Angeles https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-famous-four-level-opens-in-los-angeles 1975 – President Ford survives second assassination attempt…
1866 – H.G. Wells is born https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/h-g-wells-is-born 1968 – Jeannie C. Riley is the first woman to top the Country and Pop charts simultaneously https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jeannie-c-riley-is-the-first-woman-to-top-the-country-and-pop-charts-simultaneously…
1806 – The returning Lewis and Clark reach the first white settlement on the Missouri https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-returning-lewis-and-clark-reach-the-first-white-settlement-on-the-missouri 1946 – First Cannes Film Festival https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-cannes-film-festival 1960 –…
1893 – New Zealand first in women’s vote https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-zealand-first-in-womens-vote 1957 – Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nevada-is-site-of-first-ever-underground-nuclear-explosion 1959 – Khrushchev barred from…
1793 – Capitol cornerstone is laid https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/capitol-cornerstone-is-laid 1973 – Carter files report on UFO sighting https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carter-files-report-on-ufo-sighting 1974 -Doris Day wins lawsuit https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/doris-day-wins-lawsuit 1981 – Canada…
1923 – Fire threatens U.C. Berkeley https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-threatens-u-c-berkeley 1957 – Louis Armstrong cancels trip to Russia https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/louis-armstrong-cancels-trip-to-russia 1976 – Space Shuttle unveiled https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/space-shuttle-unveiled 1983 – Vanessa…
1620 – Mayflower departs England http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mayflower-departs-england 1893 – Settlers race to claim land https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/settlers-race-to-claim-land 1810 – Mexican War of Independence begins https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mexican-war-of-independence-begins 1940 – United…
1858 – The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-transcontinental-mail-service-to-san-francisco-begins 1890 – Agatha Christie is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/agatha-christie-is-born 1954 – Famous Marilyn Monroe “skirt”…
1955 – Little Richard records “Tutti Frutti” http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/little-richard-records-tutti-frutti 1959 = Soviet probe reaches the moon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-probe-reaches-the-moon 1982 – Hollywood star and real-life princess Grace Kelly…
