This Week In History

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…

August 2              1790: The first U.S. Census was conducted.     1873: San Francisco’s famous cable car system began operating.        1876: Frontiersman…

July 12          1856: William Walker, originally of Tennessee, led a revolution and declared himself president of Nicaragua; he was court-martialed and executed in…

July 5           1865: William Booth founded the Christian Mission (now the Salvation Army) in London. 1934: Police opened fire on striking longshoremen in…

June 28            1491: King Henry VIII was born in London, England. 1776: The Battle of Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina ended with the…