Posts published in “Today in History”

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

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,…

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

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

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…

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…

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

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…

1967 – France launched its first nuclear submarine 1973 – The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam. 1974 – Mariner 10, the U.S. space probe…

   1809 Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.    1854 Britain & France declare war on Russia (Crimean War)    1860…

1625  Charles I, King Of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends English throne 1668 England takes control of Bombay, India 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela; about…

1668England takes control of Bombay, India 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela; about 20,000 die 1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid 1931 Iraq…

1802 France, Netherlands, Spain & Great Britain sign Peace of Amiens 1821 Greece gains independence from 1856 A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine 1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo…

1883 1st telephone call between NY & Chicago 1898 1st automobile sold 1920 1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) 1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City…

1821 Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of 1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon 1857 Elisha Otis’ 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway,…

    1829 The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.     1914 World’s 1st airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line,…

    1863 Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals     1865 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC     1916 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium    …

    1915 Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)     1927 Bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin     1945 Adolf…

    1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians     1184 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani near Kobe, Japan     1541 Hernando de Soto observes…