This Week in History
February 2 1653: New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) was incorporated. 1887: The first Groundhog Day was observed, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania…
February 2 1653: New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) was incorporated. 1887: The first Groundhog Day was observed, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania…
February 16 1852: Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the auto maker, was founded. 1923: English archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed the intact burial chamber of…
February 9 1825: After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the U.S. House of Representatives elected John…
February 2 1653: New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) was incorporated. 1887: The first Groundhog Day was observed, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania…
January 26 1500: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón became the first European to set foot on Brazil. 1808: The Rum Rebellion took place, becoming the only…
January 19 1807: Confederate general and U.S. traitor Robert E. Lee was born in Virginia. 1809: U.S. literary giant Edgar Allan Poe was…
January 12 1554: Bayinnaung was crowned King of Burma and went on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia. 1900:…
January 5 1889: The term “Hamburger steak” first appeared in the Walla Walla Union newspaper in Walla Walla, Wash. 1914: The Ford Motor Company announced…
December 29 1845: The United States annexed the Republic of Texas, following the doctrine of manifest destiny; the Republic of Texas, which had been independent…
December 22 1808: The iconic Fifth Symphony by Ludwig von Beethoven premiered in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven himself conducting. 1937: The Lincoln Tunnel…