Tag: todays history
History of 8 July
History of 8 July
1907 - Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies" on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
1919 -...
History of 7 July
History of 7 July
1917 - Aleksandr Kerensky formed a provisional government in Russia.
1920 - A device known as the radio compass was used for...
History of 6 July
History of 6 July
1905 - Fingerprints were exchanged for the first time between officials in Europe and the U.S. The person in question was John Walker.
1917...
History of 5 July
History of 5 July
1916 - Adeline and August Van Buren started on the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women....
History of 4 July
History of 4 July
1901 - William H. Taft became the American governor of the Philippines.
1910 - Race riots broke out all over the United States after...
History of 3 July
History of 3 July
1903 - The first cable across the Pacific Ocean was spliced between Honolulu, Midway, Guam, and Manila.
1912 - Rube Marquard of...
History of 2 July
History of 2 July
1926 - The U.S. Congress established the Army Air Corps.
1937 - American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt...
History of 1 July
History of 1 July
1905 - The USDA Forest Service was created within the Department of Agriculture. The agency was given the mission to sustain...
History of 30 June
History of 30 June
1912 - Belgian workers went on strike to demand universal suffrage.
1913 - Fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Serbia....
History of 29 June
History of 29 June
1901 - The first edition of "Editor & Publisher" was issued.
1903 - The British government officially protested Belgian atrocities in the...
History of 28 June
History of 28 June
1902 - The U.S. Congress passed the Spooner bill, it authorized a canal to be built across the isthmus of Panama.
1911 - Samuel...
History of 27 June
History of 27 June
1905 - The battleship Potemkin succumbed to a mutiny on the Black Sea.
1918 - Two German pilots were saved by parachutes for the...