Today in History - May 26
On May 26, 1864, President Lincoln signed an enabling act creating the Territory of Montana. Continue reading.
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Today in History - May 26 On May 26, 1864, President Lincoln signed an enabling act creating the Territory of Montana. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more..
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A bit of May 26th history… 1647 - Alse Young becomes 1st person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartfort, Connecticut (pictured) 1805 - Lewis & Clark sight the Rocky Mountains 1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy 1896 - Last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, is crowned 2019 - 9 climbers die in a week on Mt Everest after overcrowding leads to a huge queue to reach the summit (pictured below) Today In History: May 26 Today in History - May 25 Essayist, philosopher, and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston on May 25, 1803. Continue reading. Legendary jazz tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was born on May 25, 1878, in Richmond, Virginia. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of May 25th history… 1787 - Constitutional Convention opens in Philadelphia 1842 - Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect 1932 - Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in “Mickey’s Review” 1961 - JFK announces US’s goal of putting a man on the Moon before the end of the decade 1977 - Original Star Wars movie (A New Hope; Ep IV) is released (pictured) 2012 - A Space X Dragon becomes 1st commercial spacecraft to dock at International Space Station (pictured below) Today In History: May 25 Today in History - May 24 On May 24, 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse dispatched the first telegraphic message over an experimental line from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of May 24th history… 1738 - John Wesley is converted, launching the Methodist movement 1844 - Samuel Morse taps out “What hath God wrought” in worlds 1st telegraph message 1883 - Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and NY governor Cleveland (pictured) 1915 - Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations 1978 - American management consultant Marilyn Loden 1st coins the term “glass ceiling” to describe invisible career barriers for women Today In History: May 24 Today in History - May 23 President William Howard Taft presided over the dedication of the New York Public Library on May 23, 1911. Continue reading. On May 23, 1865, the Army of the Potomac celebrated the end of the Civil War by parading down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of May 23rd history… 1576 - Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory (pictured) 1701 - Captain William Kidd is hanged in London being convicted of piracy and murder 1785 Benjamin Franklin invents bifocals 1934 - Bonnie & Clyde are killed by police in an ambush in Louisiana 1949 - Federal Republic of West Germany created out of the American, British, and French occupational zones Today In History: May 23 Today in History - May 22 On May 22, 1802, the first of first ladies, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died of a severe fever. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of May 22nd history… 334BC - Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army defeat Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Granicus (pictured) 1906 - Wright Brothers are granted a patent for their “flying machine”, having applied 3 years earlier 1933 - 1st modern sighting of Loch Ness Monster 1947 - 1st US ballistic missile fired 2015 - Ireland becomes 1st country in the world to legalize same sex marriage by popular vote Today In History: May 22 |
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