Category: Today In History

Today in History

1677 – The first medical publication in America, a pamphlet on smallpox, is distributed in Boston 1749 – The Verona Philharmonic Theatre was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1754 1793 – Louis XVI of France is executed by the guillotine in Paris, following his conviction for high treason 1818 – Keats writes his poem...

Today in History

  1569 – First recorded lottery in England is drawn in St. Paul’s Cathedral 1599 – Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam, Java with pepper, clove, and muskaat 1785 – Continental Congress convenes in New York City 1873 – The first livestock market newspaper published, in Drover’s Journal, Chicago 1879 – Zulu war against British...

January 8th

1675 – New York Fishing Company becomes the first American commercial corporation chartered 1790 – President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address in New York City. The annual message was delivered in person until 1801, when Thomas Jefferson discontinued the practice because it appeared too similar to a monarch making a...
Lewis and Clark Expedition 150 anniversary issue

Today in History

  1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia 1610 – Galileo discovers the first of four Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Although Jupiter has at least sixty-seven moons, these four, known as the Galilean moons, are extremely large. Ganymede, the largest, has a diameter greater than that of the planet Mercury 1714 – Typewriter...

December 16th

1631 – Mount Vesuvious erupts, destroys six villages and takes four-thousand lives 1707 – Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan 1773 – The Boston Tea Party is hosted by the Sons of Liberty to protest the newest form of taxation without representation, the Tea Act. After the rebellion, the British Parliament passed the...
The Brothers Grimm

Today in History – March 30th

1796 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, discovers the construction of the heptadecagon 1842 – Ether used as an anesthetic for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long of Georgia 1858 – Pencil with attached eraser patent granted to Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia 1867 – The United States buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000,...
1909 - Men at Work on the Queensboro Bridge