The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn after hijacked planes crashed into them on September 11, 2001, in New York City. (Diane Bondareff / AP Photo) Sept. 111789: Alexander Hamilton was appointed the […]
On August 22, 1851, America won the Royal Yacht Squadron’s 53-mile race around the Isle of Wight by 18 minutes. The event was later renamed the America’s Cup. (Oswald W. Brierly / National Maritime Museum, […]
Gov. John White returned to the Roanoke colony on Aug. 18, 1590, after a supply trip to England and found it deserted, with only the word “CROATOAN” carved on a post and “CRO” on a […]
This May 30, 1911, photo shows Ray Harroun driving his No. 32 Marmon Wasp race car to victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (AP Photo) May 291790: Rhode […]
Notorious bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot and killed by police in Louisiana on May 23, 1934. (AP Photo) May 22 1939: The foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop […]
American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo) Dec. 5 1848: President James K. Polk sparked the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had […]
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, pictured in 2001, was arrested on Dec.1, 1955, for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a racially segregated bus in Alabama. (Paul Warner / AP […]
Edward Teach, known as “Blackbeard” the pirate was killed off the coast of N.C. on Nov. 22, 1718. (Johnson, Charles, “Capt. Teach alias Black-Beard” in “A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the […]
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on June 13: 1900 – The Boxer rebellion began in China. The secret society was dedicated to ending the domination and exploitation of the country […]
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on June 12: 1917 – King Constantine of Greece stepped down in favour of his son, Prince Alexander. 1935 – Bolivia and Paraguay signed a […]
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