What to remember about January 10th…
- 1776 Exiled loyalist and Governor of North Carolina calls for subjects to rise up against patriot “Insurrection”, only 1500 answer the call
- 1861 Florida secedes from the Union ahead of the Civil War
- 1862 Pioneering firearms manufacturer and businessman Samuel Colt dies of gout in Hartford, Connecticut (b. 1814)
- 1917 Medal of Honor recipient, hunter, and showman William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody dies in bed in Denver, Colorado (b. 1846)
- 1920 Covenant of the League of Nations goes into effect; formally establishes the League of Nations even without U.S. membership
- 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduces lend-lease program to support allies without direct military confrontation with the Axis
- 1946 General Assembly of the United Nations convenes for 1st time meeting at Westminster Central Hall in London; 51 nations represented
- 1984 United States and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations
- 2016 Musician, actor, songwriter, and cultural icon David Bowie (David Robert Jones) dies from liver cancer at home in New York City (b. 1947)
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What to remember about January 1st…
- 1781 1500 Patriot troops under General Anthony Wayne mutiny over not being paid; they march off on their own to capture Princeton
- 1808 As the 20-year constitutional prohibition against legislation in relation to slavery expires, Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves goes into effect in any U.S. jurisdiction
- 1863 As promised, President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in rebellious America; Union army is instructed to liberate any they find
- 1892 Federal immigration receiving station opens on Ellis Island
- 1934 Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring goes into effect in Nazi Germany; court ordered sterilization
- 1942 President Roosevelt and Minister Churchill issue proclamation at end of the Arcadia Conference vowing to create United Nations
- 1958 At San Quentin Johnny Cash plays his 1st prison performance; inmate Mearle Haggard is inspired to change his life
- 1959 Communist led by Fidel Castro force Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista to flee the country for the Dominican Republic
- 1962 United States Navy’s Sea, Air, and Land Teams (SEALs) are established
- 1966 Advance units of 1st Marine Division arrive in Vietnam; by march 20,000 Marines will be in country
- 1984 As a result of 1974 anti-trust lawsuit brought by Justice Department, AT&T is broken into 7 holding companies known as “Baby Bells”
- 2004 Roman Catholic and Protestant Boy Scout organizations reunite after almost a century of division
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Revolution, Boy Scouts, Civil War, Communism, Constitution, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Franklin D Roosvelt, history, SEALs, slavery, United Nations, Vietnam, Winston Churchill, WWII
What to remember about December 16th…
- 1773 Outraged at British tax policy, Samuel Adams and 60 members of the Sons of Liberty dump tea cargoes of 3 ships into harbor; 1st Boston Tea Party
- 1811 Estimated 8.6 magnitude earthquake rocks New Madrid fault in Missouri; landscape dramatically altered and Mississippi River flows backwards in places
- 1944 Massive German counter-attack surprises Allied troops in Belgium; Battle of the Bulge begins
- 1950 President Truman declares state of emergency following Chinese entry into Korean War with hundreds of thousands of troops
- 1989 1st of 4 pipe bombs sent by Walter LeRoy Moody arrives; Federal Judge Robert Vance killed instantly
- 1998 President Clinton orders airstrikes against Iraq for failing to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors; political observers see attacks as an attempt to distract public from ongoing impeachment proceedings; see movie Wag the Dog
What to remember about December 10th…
- 1778 John Jay, delegate from New York, is elected president of the Continental Congress
- 1817 Mississippi is admitted as the 20th state in the Union
- 1830 American poet Emily Dickenson is born in Amherst, Massachusetts (d. 1886)
- 1864 General Sherman’s March to the Sea ends when he arrives outside Savannah, Georgia; low on supplies he lays siege to the city
- 1869 Wyoming territory votes to grant women the right to vote
- 1898 Spanish-American war ends with signing of Treaty of Paris
- 1901 1st ever Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1904 Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is founded at College of Charleston; founders of Push America service organization
- 1941 Imperial Japanese troops invade Philippine mainland
- 1948 United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Rights; anniversary is International Human Rights Day
- 1999 Wen Ho Lee is arrested for stealing nuclear secrets from Los Alamos weapons laboratory and providing them to China
- 2009 President Barack Hussein Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize after less than one year in office
What to remember about December 9th…
- 1775 Colonial militia defeat British Ethiopian regiment of slaves and redcoats at Norfolk; Patriots now control Virginia
- 1803 Congress votes to send 12th Amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification; changes process for electing President and Vice President due to difficulties in elections of 1796 and 1800
- 1835 Army of Texas captures San Antonio from Mexican troops
- 1979 Eradication of smallpox is certified; no known cases since this date; 1st and only successful elimination of a human disease
- 1981 Philadelphia Police officer Daniel Faulkner is murdered during routine traffic stop by former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal
- 1987 After months of escalating incidents on both sides, violence explodes as Palestinian Intifada begins against Israel
- 1990 Founder of the Solidarity trade union Lech Walesa becomes 1st directly elected leader of Poland
- 1992 1800 U.S. Marines arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia as part of U.N. force; safeguarding relief supplies and refugees the stated goals
- 2008 Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is arrested for corruption including attempted sale of Senate seat of Barack Obama
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What to remember about December 4th…
- 1780 Patriot dragoons use fake cannon to bluff British troops into surrender near Camden, South Carolina
- 1783 At a tavern in New York, General George Washington informs his officers that he is returning to civilian life
- 1872 After leaving New York a month before, British ship Mary Celeste is found abandoned at sea and under full sail
- 1912 Marine pilot, POW, and Medal of Honor winner Gregory “Pappy” Boyington is born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (d. 1988); commander of famous “Black Sheep Squadron” in Pacific
- 1917 Psychiatrist W.H. Rivers publishes report on psychological trauma of WWI troops; “shell shock” is the name given to what is now known at PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder
- 1918 Woodrow Wilson sets sail for Europe; 1st President to visit the continent while still in office
- 1942 Polish Christians form Zegota resistance group to aid Jews avoid or escape the Nazi’s “final solution”
- 1945 Senate votes to allow U.S. participation in the United Nations
- 1966 Viet Cong infiltrate defenses and shell Tan Son Nhut airport for over an hour damaging U.S. aircraft
- 1980 After the death of drummer John Bonham, legendary rock band Led Zeppelin announces they have disbanded
- 1992 President George H.W. bush orders U.S. troops to Somalia to secure humanitarian efforts during ongoing civil war
- 2009 American student Amanda Knox is convicted by Italian Jury in murder of her British roommate; conviction overturned 2011
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Tagged American Revolution, George H. W. Bush, George Washington, history, Holocaust, Medal of Honor, Senate, United Nations, Vietnam, Woodrow Wilson, WWI, WWII
What to remember about November 29th…
- 1775 Continental Congress establishes Committee of Secret Correspondence to elicit aid from European nations
- 1864 Aspiring Colorado politician John Chivington leads militia band in massacre of Native Americans at Sand Creek
- 1929 American explorer Admiral Richard Byrd and 3 companions make 1st flight over the South Pole
- 1947 United Nations approves the partition of Palestine and creation of Israel, an independent Jewish State
- 1963 President Johnson appoints Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy
- 1972 Atari Corporation announces the release of Pong; 1st commercially successful video game
- 1981 Actress Natalie Wood drowns in controversial boating accident off Catalina Island, California (b. 1938)
- 1990 United Nations passes resolution requiring Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991 or face “all means necessary” for their removal by allied nations
- 2004 Godzilla receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
What to remember about November 10th…
- 1775 Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps; Continental Congress authorizes the raising of 2 battalions to assist navy
- 1865 Commander of Andersonville prison camp is hanged for murder of Union soldiers in his care; poet Walt Whitman wrote of the condition of prisoners he saw “There are deeds, crimes that may be forgiven, but this is not among them.”
- 1898 Armed Democrat white supremacists violently overthrow elected government of Wilmington, North Carolina
- 1958 Harry Winston donates the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian
- 1969 Sesame Street show makes its television debut
- 1975 Freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks on Lake Superior; tragedy is memorialized in folk song by Gordon Lightfoot
- 1975 United Nations passes Resolution 3379 declaring that Zionism equates to racism and discrimination
- 1997 Pakistani muslim Mir Aimal Kasi is convicted of murdering 2 CIA employees and wounding 3 others in Virginia
- 2009 Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad is executed in Virginia
What to remember about October 25th…
- 1415 On St. Crispin’s Day, small force led by Henry V defeats numerically superior French army at Battle of Agincourt in Hundred Years’ War; English longbows prove highly effective
- 1764 Future President John Adams and Abigail Smith marry in Massachusetts
- 1774 Continental Congress petitions king of England to address the Intolerable Acts
- 1854 Confusion leads to Charge of the Light Brigade during Crimean War; inspires Tennyson’s famous poem
- 1861 Keel is lain for the 1st Union ironclad USS Monitor
- 1962 U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presents photographic evidence to U.N. of Soviet missile bases in Cuba
- 1971 United Nations votes to admit Peoples Republic of China and expel Republic of China (Taiwan)
- 1983 President Reagan orders Marines to invade island of Grenada to protect American students and tourists; now celebrated as Thanksgiving Day
- 1994 Susan Smith reports her car was hijacked with her 2 children in the back; this lie is to cover her murder of the kids
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American Revolution, China, Civil War, Cold War, Communism, Congress, Cuba, Grenada, history, John Adams, Navy, Ronald Reagan, Soviet Union, United Nations
What to remember about October 24th…
- 1861 Western Union completes 1st transcontinental telegraph line
- 1901 Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel; it is her 63rd birthday
- 1929 “Black Thursday” begins a stock market crash that starts the 12-year Great Depression
- 1944 American Navy sinks Japanese both an aircraft carrier and a battleship at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
- 1945 United Nations is formally established with the ratification of the United Nations Charter
- 1949 Cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters in New York is lain; construction financed by $65 million loan from U.S.
- 1951 President Truman proclaims that the war with Germany is officially over
- 1992 Toronto Blue Jays become 1st team outside of the United States to win Major League Baseball’s World Series
- 2003 Supersonic Concorde passenger jet makes its last commercial flight
- 2005 Civil rights activist Rosa Louise McCauley Parks dies at home in Detroit, Michigan (b. 1913)
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Tagged Aviation, baseball, Civil Rights, Civil War, economy, Harry S. Truman, history, Navy, stock market, United Nations, WWII
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