1532 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro springs a trap on Incan emperor Alahualpa, massacring 5,000 unarmed men and taking Atahualpa...
1864 – Union General William T. Sherman orders the destruction of the business district of Atlanta, Georgia, before he embarks...
1775 – The U.S. Marine Corps is created as landing forces for the Continental Navy by the Continental Congress during...
1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected president, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. He received only 40% of...
1922 – The entrance to King Tut’s tomb is discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard...
1953 – Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood was a communist and demands references removed from school textbooks....
1852 – Louisa May Alcott publishes her first story. She later writes the beloved children’s book, Little Women. 1918 –...
1860 – Albert Einstein receives the Nobel Price in physics. 1938 – Hitlet’s Nazis launch the Kristallnacht or “Night of...
1912 – Democrat Woodrow Wilson wins a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft. 1941 – The Japanese minister...
1883 – California bandit Black Bart makes his last stagecoach robbery. He makes a quick getaway, but drops an incriminating...
