this day in history

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope (More info) 1921 – President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States; Taft is the only person to have ever held both offices (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1613 – The Globe Theatre in London burns down during a performance of ‘Henry VIII’ (More info) 1956 – The Federal-Aid Highway Act officially creates the United States Interstate Highway System (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1894 – Labor Day becomes an official US holiday (More info) 1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife are assassinated, setting off World War I (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, is murdered by a mob (More info) 1950 – President Harry S. Truman orders the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1870 – Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States (More info) 1948 – In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine that comes to be known as the Berlin Airlift (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1876 – Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his men are killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn (More info) 1947 – ‘The Diary of a Young Girl,’ better known as ‘The Diary of Anne Frank,’ is published (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England (More info) 1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first actress to sign a $1 million film contract (More info)

1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo to recant his view that the Sun is the center of the Universe (More info) 1944 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill into law (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1788 – The US Constitution is ratified and goes into effect (More info) 1948 – Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City (More info)

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)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor (More info) 1928 – Amelia Earhart embarks on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1215 – King John of England puts his seal on the Magna Carta (More info) 1775 – George Washington accepts an assignment to lead the Continental Army (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – The United States Army is founded (More info) 1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1900 – The Boxer Rebellion begins in China (More info) 1966 – The Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1942 – Anne Frank receives a diary for her 13th birthday (More info) 1963 – Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated in front of his Mississippi home by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island (More info) 1963 – Alabama Gov. George Wallace unsuccessfully tries to physically block two black students from registering at the University of Alabama (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1692 – The first hanging resulting from the Salem Witch Trials takes place (More info) 1752 – Benjamin Franklin’s kite is struck by lightning, leading to the discovery of electricity (More info)

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)

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)