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Today in 1513 - Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first European known to do so.
Today in 1902 - The "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
Today in 1972 - Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the […]
Today is April Fools Day.
Today in 1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes the book Mein Kampf.
Today in 1976 - Apple Computer is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve […]
Today in 1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille orders her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
Today in 1889 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.
Today in 1959 - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
Today in 1995 - In Corpus Christi, […]
Today in 240 BC - First recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet.
Today in 1842 - Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long.
Today in 1951 - Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
Today in 1981 - President Ronald Reagan is […]
Today in 1461 - During the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
Today in 1886 - Dr John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
Today in 1973 - During the Vietnam War, […]
Today in 193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
Today in 1854 - to start the Crimean War, France and Britain declare war on Russia.
Today in 1979 - In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails in the […]
Today in 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
Today in 1953 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
Today in 2006 - In Scotland, the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.
Celebrating Birthdays today are Conrad Gessner, Robert Frost, Franz Stangl, Tennessee Williams, William […]
Today in 1306 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland.
Today in 1807 - The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
Today in 1955 - United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg’s poem "Howl" as obscene.
Today in 1965 - Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther […]
Today in 1837 - Canada gives African men the right to vote.
Today in 1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis).
Today in 1989 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, USA the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of petroleum after […]
Today is Easter Sunday in Western Christianity.
Today in 1775 - Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"give me liberty or give me death" at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia.
Today in 1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
Today in 2005 - The United States […]
Today in 1621 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
Today in 1765 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act, which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
Today in 1941 - Washington’s Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
Today […]
Today is Good Friday in Western Christianity, as well as the traditional date of vernal equinox, the real equinox varies between years and World Poetry Day.
Today in 1871 - Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
Today in 1970 - The first Earth Day proclamation is […]
Today is the vernal equinox.
Today in 1616 - Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years imprisonment.
Today in 1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
Today in 1995 - A sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons.
Today in 2003 - […]
Today is Fathers Day in many European Countries
Today in 1915 - Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet.
Today in 1916 - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
Today in 1931 - Gambling is legalized in […]
Today in 1314 - Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar is burned at the stake.
Today in 1850 - American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo.
Today in 1922 - In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. […]
Today is Saint Patrick’s Day.
Today in 1756 - St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
Today in 1901 - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
Today in 1970 - in the My […]
Today is Palm Sunday.
Today in 1190 - Crusaders start to massacre the Jews of York; many Jews commit suicide rather than submit to baptism.
Today in 1978 - Aldo Moro is kidnapped by left-wing terrorists in Italy and is later killed by his captors.
Today in 1995 - Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming […]
Today is the Ides of March.
Today in 1776 - South Carolina becomes the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government.
Today in 1916 - President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
Today in 1965 - President Lyndon B. […]
Today is Pi Day and White Day.
Today in 1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
Today in 1964 - A jury in Dallas, Texas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy.
Today in 1994 - Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
Today in 1995 - […]












