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This Day in History for June 19 – US Abolishes Slavery and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:30:13 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1862 – Congress abolishes slavery in US territories, nullifying the Dred Scott Case (More info)

1910 – The first Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington (More info)

This Day in History for June 9 – Donald Duck Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:00:58 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1898 – China agrees to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years (More info)

1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in ‘The Wise Little Hen’ (More info)

This Day in History for June 7 – Graceland Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:00:06 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1776 – Richard Henry Lee introduces a resolution proposing a Declaration of Independence (More info)

1892 – Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the “whites-only” car of a train, leading to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson court case (More info)

This Day in History for May 29 – World War II Memorial Dedicated and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:30:07 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of the original US colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th state (More info)

1942 – Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas,’ the best-selling Christmas single in history (More info)

This Day in History for April 2 – Pope John Paul II Dies and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:30:09 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida (More info)

1917 – President Woodrow Wilson asks the US Congress for a declaration of war on Germany (More info)

This Day in History for March 27 – FDA Approves Viagra and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:00:18 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1866 – President Andrew Johnson vetoes a civil rights bill which later becomes the 14th Amendment (More info)

1912 – Japanese cherry trees are planted along the Potomac, giving rise to the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC (More info)

This Day in History for March 20 – Lennon Marries Ono and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:00:14 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ is published (More info)

1854 – Members of the Whig Party splinter off into a new group they call the Republican Party (More info)

This Day in History for March 19 – Nevada Legalizes Gambling and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:30:41 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1920 – The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (More info)

1931 – The Nevada legislature legalizes gambling in an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times caused by the Great Depression (More info)

This Day in History for March 5 – Boston Massacre and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:30:45 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1770 – Five Americans are killed by British troops in an event that would later become known as the Boston Massacre (More info)

1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake (More info)

This Day in History for February 23 – Polio Vaccines Begin and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:00:16 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1896 – The Tootsie Roll is introduced (More info)

1927 – President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill establishing the Federal Radio Commission — later the Federal Communications Commission — which regulated the use of US radio frequencies (More info)

This Day in History for February 22 – 'Miracle on Ice' and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:30:44 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1819 – By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for $5 million (More info)

1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores (More info)

This Day in History for February 21 – Malcolm X Assassinated and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:30:19 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish ‘The Communist Manifesto’ (More info)

1878 – The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, CT (More info)

This Day in History for February 14 – Penicillin Discovered and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:30:41 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1920 – The League of Women Voters is founded (More info)

1929 – Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago in what would come to be known as the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre (More info)

This Day in History for February 13 – Switzerland Declared Neutral and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:00:30 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1914 – The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP, is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members (More info) 1920 – The League of Nations recognizes the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland (More info) 1970 [...]

This Day in History for January 29 – Cooperstown Inducts Inaugural Class and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:25 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1845 – Edgar Allan Poe’s first published work, ‘The Raven,’ appears in the New York Evening Mirror (More info)

1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY are announced: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson (More info)

This Day in History for January 17 – Chevy Corvette Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:00:29 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip (More info)

1950 – In what would come to be called the Great Brinks Robbery, thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car in Boston (More info)

This Day in History for January 4 – Pelosi Becomes First Female Speaker and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:00:30 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government (More info)

1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his “Great Society” during his State of the Union address (More info)

This Day in History for December 20 – Elvis Presley Drafted and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:30:35 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans (More info)

1860 – South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States (More info)

The River Remembers November 21, 1983- 'Thriller' Premieres[VIDEO]

Nick Perkins — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:19:04 +0000

Michael Jackson is the greatest performer in the history of music, in my (not-so) humble opinion. He’s bigger than Elvis, he’s better than The Beatles, he’s thinner thinner than Taylor Swift. Basically, Michael Jackson is not only the King of Pop, he’s also the King of Music in general. Need proof? Look no further, because [...]

The River Remembers November 8, 2009- Smiths Get Dissed

Nick Perkins — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:52:12 +0000

The Smiths rock. According to my vast research (IE, wikipedia) critics have called them "the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s."