1460 – Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer and conquistador who searched for the fountain of youth and the first European to discover Florida, born in Santervás de…Read more ›

1922 – U.S. Secretary of Interior leased Teapot Dome naval oil reserves in Wyoming. 1927 – The first long-distance TV transmission was sent from Washington, DC, to New…Read more ›

1199 – English King Richard I was killed by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Chaluz in France. 1607 – An expedition led by Captain…Read more ›

1843 – Queen Victoria proclaimed Hong Kong to be a British crown colony. 1869 – Daniel Bakeman, the last surviving soldier of the U.S. Revolutionary War, died at…Read more ›

1814Netherlands Bank issues its 1st banknotes  1818 In the Battle of Maipú, Chile’s independence movement – led by Bernardo O’Higgins and José de San Martín – win a decisive victory over…Read more ›

 1865 Battle of Ft Blakely AL & Selma AL  1866 US President Johnson ends civil war.  1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm…Read more ›

18631st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect 1865-9] Battle at Blakely Alabama 1918 United Kingdom: the Royal Air Force is created from the Royal Naval Air Service…Read more ›

    1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River     1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA     1866 The Spanish Navy…Read more ›

1856-Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1867 -US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 1922-KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 1922-WWL-AM in New Orleans LA…Read more ›