This Week in History
May 11 1910: An act of U.S. Congress established Glacier National Park in Montana. 1924: Mercedes-Benz was formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging…
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May 4 1626: Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrived in New Netherland (present-day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw. 1871: The National Association, the first professional…
This Week in History
April 27 1667: The blind and impoverished John Milton sold the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10. 1861: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ…
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April 20 1865: Italian astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrated for the first time his Secchi disk, which measures water turbidity, aboard L’Immaculata Concezion, the yacht belonging…
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April 13 1902: James Cash Penney (JCPenney) opened his first store, called “The Golden Rule,” in Kemmerer, Wyo. 1943: The Jefferson Memorial was dedicated in…
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March 30 1842: Ether anesthesia was used for the first time, in an operation at Massachusetts General Hospital by U.S. surgeon Dr. Crawford Long (1815-1878)….
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March 23 1775: Patrick Henry delivered his speech, “Give me liberty or give me death!” at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. 1857: Elisha Otis’…
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March 16 1802: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point, New…
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March 9 1822: Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth. 1858: Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox. 1861: Us Confederate currency authorized…
This Week in History
March 2 1807: Congress outlawed the African slave trade. 1903: The Martha Washington Hotel opened in New York City, becoming the first hotel exclusively…