From on-this-day.com 1874 The Republican party of the U.S. was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly. 1893 The state of Colorado granted its women the right to vote. 1916 Jeanette Rankin of…
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1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the 16th President 1861 Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America 1935 Edwin H. Armstrong announced his development of FM broadcasting 1984 For the first time in 193 years,…
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1872 Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 (which she never paid) for attempting to vote in the presidential election. 1935 Parker Brothers introduced “Monopoly” 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first President to be elected to a third term 1959…
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1842 Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd 1879 Will Rogers was born 1916 Walter Cronkite was born 1954 Yanni was born 1979 Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, beginning the Iranian Hostage Crisis. 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin…
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1507 Leonardo DaVinci was commissioned to paint the Mona Lisa by the husband of Lisa Gherardini 1796 John Adams was elected the second U.S. President 1953 Dennis Miller (comedian) was born 1975 “Good Morning America” premiered 1998 Jesse Ventura was…
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1889 North & South Dakota became the 39th & 40th States 1917 Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, expressed support for a national home for the Jews in the Holy Land. 1948 The Chicago Tribune headlined “Dewey Defeats Truman”
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1800 John Adams became the first president to live in the White House 1952 An attempt was made to assassinate President Harry Truman 1952 The U.S. detonated the first Hydrogen Bomb 1962 “The Lucy Show” Premiered
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1517 Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of Wittenberg Palace Church starting the reformation 1864 Nevada becomes the 36th State 1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is published 1926 Harry Houdini Dies of complications from a ruptured…
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1735 John Adams (the 2nd President) was born 1938 The War of the Worlds aired on CBS Radio 1945 Henry Winkler (Actor/Director) was born 1961 The U.S.S.R. tested the hydrogen bomb 1963 The First Lamborghini debuted at the Turin auto…