THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
January 31 1747: The first venereal diseases clinic opened at London Lock Hospital. 1865: As the Civil War began winding down, Confed-erate general and traitor…
This Week In History
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
January 24 1848: The California Gold Rush began when James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento. 1908: The Boy Scouts movement began…
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
1902: Inventor Gustav Whitehead successfully flew an airplane of his own design for about seven miles near Bridgeport, Conn. This was Whitehead’s second flight (the…
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
January 10 1861: Florida became the third Southern state to secede from the Union. 1920: the League of Nations formally came into being when the…
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
January 3 1496: Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tested a flying machine. 1957: The Hamilton Watch Co. introduced the first electric wristwatch. 1959: Alaska became the…
This Week In History – Aug. 16, 2017
August 16 1938: Influential blues singer and musician Robert Johnson died of suspected strychnine poisoning at age 27, becoming the first of 50 famous or…
This Week in History – August 9, 2017
August 9 1173: Construction began on what is now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa (it took two centuries to complete). 1483:…
This Week In History – August 2, 2017
August 2 1790: The first U.S. Census was conducted. 1873: San Francisco’s famous cable car system began operating. 1876: Frontiersman…
This Week In History – July 26, 2017
July 26 1764: The earliest school shooting in the Americas, known as Pontiac’s Rebellion school massacre, occurred when four Lenape American Indians entered a…
This Week In History – July 19, 2017
July 19 A.D. 64: The city of Rome was almost entirely destroyed by a fire of unknown origin. 1701: Representatives of the Iroquois…