this day in history

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1801 – John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States (More info) 1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union is founded (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the Sandwich Islands (More info) 1919 – President Woodrow Wilson attends the Paris Peace Conference that would formally end World War I and lay the groundwork for the formation of the League of Nations (More info)

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)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1919 – The Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, authorizing Prohibition in the United States (More info) 1942 – Actress Carole Lombard, Clark Gable’s wife, is killed in a plane crash at the age of 33 (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in London (More info) 1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1784 – The United States Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain, ending the Revolutionary War (More info) 1954 – Marilyn Monroe marries baseball legend Joe DiMaggio (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1926 – ‘Sam ‘n’ Henry’ — later renamed ‘Amos ‘n’ Andy’ — first airs and goes on to become one of the most popular radio programs in American history (More info) 1932 – Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1908 – President Theodore Roosevelt makes the Grand Canyon a national monument (More info) 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1920 – The League of Nations formally comes into being (More info) 1941 – Franklin Roosevelt introduces the lend-lease program to Congress, which was intended to help Britain beat back Hitler’s advance while keeping America only indirectly involved in World War II (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1493 – Columbus spots three manatees, mistakes them for mermaids, and describes them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted” (More info) 1768 – In London, England, Philip Astley stages the wold’s first modern circus (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1790 – President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address (More info) 1835 – For the only time in history, the United States national debt is $0 (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1789 – America’s first presidential election is held, with George Washington emerging victorious (More info) 1927 – The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1838 – Samuel Morse demonstrates his telegraph system for the first time (More info) 1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1643 – The first legal divorce in the American colonies takes place (More info) 1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States (More info)

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)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1870 – The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins (More info) 1938 – The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1935 – Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh (More info) 1942 – In the largest espionage case in United States history, the FBI convicts 33 members of the Duquesne Spy Ring (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1863: President Abraham Lincoln signs the final Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebelling states (more info) 1934: Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison (more info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time (More info) 1907 – The first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square — then known as Longacre Square — in New York City (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1922 – The USSR is formed, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (More info) 1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike (More info)