Today in History - May 21
On May 21, 1796, attorney and statesman Reverdy Johnson was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Continue reading.
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Today in History - May 21 On May 21, 1796, attorney and statesman Reverdy Johnson was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more..
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A bit of May 21st history… 1819 - 1st bicycles - the swift walker- introduced in the US in NYC (pictured) 1881 - American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton 1918 - US House of Reps passes amendment allowing women to vote 2017 - Barnum and Bailey Circus performs for the last time in NYC after 146 years Today In History: May 21 Today in History - May 20 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of May 20th history… 1310 - Shoes were made for both the right and left feet (pictured) 1498 - Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming 1st European to reach India by sea 1609 - Shakespeare’s Sonnets are 1st published in London 1862 - President Lincoln signs into law the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for the settlement of the American West 1927 - Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross the Atlantic for Paris - 1st non-stop flight 1932 - Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman to fly solo and non-stop across Atlantic Today In History: May 20, 2021 at 05:00AM Today in History - May 19 Johns Hopkins was born to a Quaker family on May 19, 1795, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Continue reading. On May 19, 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant attempted to take the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of May 19th history… 1536 - Ann Boleyn, 2nd wife to King Henry VIII, is beheaded on charges of adultery, incest, and treason 1883 - William “Buffalo Bill” Cody opens Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Omaha, Nebraska (pictured) 1900 - World’s longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) linking Italy and Switzerland opens 1919 - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk lands at Samsun on the Black Sea coast, beginning Turkish War of Independence 2011 - Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, project to search for dark matter, is installed on the International Space Station Today In History: May 19, 2021 at 05:01AM Today in History - May 18 Educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune died at the age of eighty on May 18, 1955, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Continue reading. On May 18, 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson ruled separate-but-equal facilities constitutional on intrastate railroads. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of May 18th history… 1652 - Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate 1830 - Edwin Buddig of England signs agreement for the manufacture of his invention - the lawn mower (pictured) 1897 - Bram Stoker’s Dracula is published 1917 - US Congress passes Selective Service Act, authorizing the federal government to raise a national army for entry into WW1 through compulsory enlistment 1980 - Mount St Helens erupts in Washington state, causing largest landslide in history A bit of May 18th history… 1652 - Rhode Island enacts 1st law... Today in History - May 17 Popular rider Oliver Lewis rode H. P. McGrath’s thoroughbred Aristides to victory in the first Kentucky Derby on May 17, 1875, at the Louisville Jockey Club. Continue reading. May 17 is Norwegian Constitution Day, a commemoration of the adoption of Norway’s constitution in 1814. Many Norwegian-American communities celebrate the holiday in the United States. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of May 17th history… 1733 - Great Britain passes Molasses Act on colonies 1803 - Reaping Machine patented 1861 - 1st color photographs shown (of a tartan ribbon) in London 1902 - Discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism - ans ancient mechanical analog computer (2nd picture) 1993 - Intel’s Pentium processor is unveiled 2004 - Massachusetts becomes 1st state to legalize same sex marriage (pictured top) 2009 - Minecraft is 1st released to public while in development Today In History: May 17, 2021 at 05:01AM |
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