Category: Today In History

The Woolworth Building opened on this date in 1913 1184 BC – The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date). 1066 – Halley’s Comet sparks English monk to predict country will be destroyed 1800 – Library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation 1872 – Volcano Vesuvius erupts 1888 – Eastman Kodak forms 1907...

William Shakespeare 1597 – William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance. 1635 – Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded 1838 – English steamship “Great Western” crosses the Atlantic and docks in NYC 1861 – Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate...

Julius Robert Oppenheimer “The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist fears it is true.” 1145 – 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet 1370 – Building begins of Bastille fortress in Paris 1500 – Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal 1692 – Edward Bishop is...

1025 – Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. 1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid. 1775 – Paul Revere and William Dawes ride warning the “regulars are coming!” 1783 – Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began....

Mr. Lincoln 450 – Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years’ War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France. 1755 – Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London. 1783 – Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War are ratified....

The Roosevelts 238 – Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide. 1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. 1861 – American...