Posts published in “Today in History”

1846 – “The Oregon Spectator”, based in Oregon City, became the first newspaper published on the Pacific coast. 1870 – 1st motion picture shown to…

1784 – 1st unmanned balloon flight in Ireland 1920 – 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (lasts 1½ months) 1938 – Hitler seizes…

1509  – The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India. 1690 – The first paper money in America…

1863- Samuel Clemens first uses the pen nameMark Twain in a Virginia City newspaper, the “Territorial Enterprise” 1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria. 1931- 1st…

1587  – Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots 1669 – French King Louis XIV limits freedom of…

1851- Gail Borden announces invention of condensed milk 1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through…

1948 – Mahatma Gandhi, India’s Father of the Nation was assassinated by Nathuram Godse. The great leader lost his life and India the man who lead…

 1856 – Britain’s highest military decoration, the Victoria Cross, was founded by Queen Victoria.  1886 – The first successful petrol-driven motorcar, built by Karl Benz,…

1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first English colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts. 1819 – British Statesman and Founder of Singapore Sir…

1880 – Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp. 1888 – The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, DC. 1926 – John Baird, a…

Indian Republic turns 72 1482 – “Pentateuch” (Jewish Bible) 1st printed as a book in Bologna, Italy 1697 – Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli’s 6…

1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic 1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 1890 –…

1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1719 – The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1849 – English-born Elizabeth…

1666 – Shah Jahan, a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, died at the age of 74. He was the Mongul emperor of India that…

1778 – 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1841 – China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War…

1785 – First manned balloon flight in Ireland 1808 – Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law 1883 – The first electric lighting system employing…

1644 – Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America’s 1st UFO sighting 1778 – Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) 1896 – The…

1773 – Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle 1946 – United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting 1962 – NASA civilian…

1493 – Columbus leaves the new world and sets sail for Spain on his 1st trip 1547 – Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of…

India celebrates its Army Day every year 1559 – Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey 1943 – 1st transport of Jews from…