This Week In History

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…


This Week in History

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…


This Week in History

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…


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…





This Week in History

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…


This Week in History

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…


This Week in History

December 22   1808: The iconic Fifth Symphony by Ludwig von Beethoven premiered in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven himself conducting.   1937: The Lincoln Tunnel…