History Today

In 1726, Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' was published.

In 2023, actor Matthew Perry died.

In 1919, the Volstead Act was passed to provide enforcement for the 18th amendment.

In 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated.

In 1965, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis was completed.

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In 1961, it was the first successful test of a Saturn rocket.

In 1795, Pinckney’s Treaty was signed, giving Americans access to the Mississippi River.

In 1873, Joseph Glidden received a patent for 'barbed wire.'

In 1904, the New York subway opened.

In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918.

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In 1825, the Erie Canal opened.

In 1984, the first cross species heart transplant on an infant was performed.

In 1881, the Earp brothers faced off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

In 1970, Muhammad Ali returned to the boxing ring after his 3 ½ year exile.

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In 1415, the English, led by Henry V, defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt.

In 1854, the charge of the Light Brigade led to significant loss of life by the British in the Crimean War.

In 1983, the US invaded the tiny Caribbean island nation of Grenada.

In 1920, King Alexander of Greece died from wounds suffered during a monkey attacked him.

In 1964, Minnesota Viking Jim Marshall became the 'Wrong Way' man.

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In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.

In 1945, the United Nations was formally established.

In 2003, the Concorde made its final flight.

In 1962, the Manchurian Candidate debuted in theaters.

In 1884, it was the first inter-league championship played in professional baseball. It would not be known as the World Series until 1903.

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In 42 B.C., Octavian and Marc Antony defeated Brutus in the Second Battle of Philippi, avenging the assassination of Julius Caesar 2.5 years prior.

In 1983, the military barracks housing US Marines and French Paratroopers in Beirut were bombed.

In 1850, suffragettes held the National Women’s Rights Convention in Worcester, Mass.

In 2015, Adele released her single, 'Hello.'

In 1993, Toronto's Joe Carter blasted a 3-run home run to end the World Series.

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In 1910, American physician Hawley Harvey Crippen was found guilty in the murder of his wife Cora.

In 1791, André-Jacques Garnerin became the first parachutist in history.

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Highway Beautification Act into law.

In 2012, Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from cycling for life.

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In 1966, a landslide of coal waste crashed into the Welsh village of Aberfan.

In 2021, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was wounded when a prop gun held by Alec Baldwin discharged during rehearsal for a scene in the movie 'Rust.'

In 1797, the USS Constitution, aka 'Old Ironsides,' was launched into Boston Harbor.

In 1976, Julius Erving became a Philadelphia 76er.

In 1973, LA Ram defensive end Fred Dryer recorded two safeties in a game.

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In 1977, the plane carrying the band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in Mississippi, killing six including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant.

In 2011, Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi was captured and killed by rebel forces.

In 1973, the Sydney Opera House opened.

In 1962, Bobby Pickett's 'Monster Mash' hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1968, high jumper Dick Fosbury won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record with his revolutionary technique, the 'Fosbury Flop.'

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In 1864, twenty Confederate soldiers raided the village of St. Albans, Vermont, robbing three banks in the process.

In 1781, surrendered his 8,000 British soldiers at Yorktown, Virginia, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution.

In 1987, 'Black Monday' rocked the financial markets.

In 2025, four thieves broke into the Louvre in a daring daylight jewel heist.

In 1972, the first eSports tournament was held in Palo Alto, CA.

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