this day in history

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (More info) 1929 – “Black Thursday” stock market crash occurs on the New York Stock Exchange (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 42 BC – Marcus Junius Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, commits suicide after his defeat at the second battle of Philippi (More info) 1850 – The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1934 – Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot by FBI agents in a cornfield in East Liverpool, Ohio (More info) 1957 – The United States suffers its first casualties in Vietnam (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1861 – Union troops suffer a devastating defeat in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, the second major engagement of the Civil War (More info) 1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting President against lynching in the deep south (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1944 – Two liquid gas tanks explode in Cleveland, Ohio, killing 130 people and leveling 30 city blocks (More info) 1944 – General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines, 30 months after he declared “I shall return” (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1781 – British General Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing an end to the last major battle of the American Revolution (More info) 1789 – Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1469 – Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile in Valladolid, beginning a cooperative reign that would unite Spain and elevate the nation to a dominant world power (More info) 1648 – Boston Shoemakers form the first US labor organization (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1931 – Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion (More info) 1933 – Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States (More info) 1968 – Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos are forced to return their awards because they raised their fists in a black-power salute d

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1793 – Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution (More info) 1916 – In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1917 – Mata Hari, the archetype of the seductive female spy, is executed for espionage (More info) 1951 – ‘I Love Lucy,’ starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, makes its television debut (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, clinching their last World Series to date (More info) 1912 – While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – The Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy, later renamed the United States Navy (More info) 1792 – The cornerstone of the White House is laid (More info) 1843 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B’nai B’rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world (Mo