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Today in History - December 3
Illinois entered the Union on December 3, 1818. Continue reading.
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![]() Today in History - December 3 Illinois entered the Union on December 3, 1818. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more..
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![]() A bit of December 3rd history… 1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Columbia 1736 - Astronomer Anders Celsius takes measurements that confirm Newton’s theory that the Earth was an ellipsoid rather than the previously accepted sphere 1775 - 1st official US flag raised (Grand Union Flag) aboard USS Alfred 1854 - Eureka Stockade: in what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Victoria are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licenses 1868 - 1st blacks on US trial jury appointed for Jefferson Davis trial 1911 - Willis Carrier presents his influential “Rational Psychrometic Formulae” on air conditioning to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1984 - “Do They Know It’s Christmas” single by Band Aid is released in the UK (pictured) 1989 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George HW Bush declare the Cold War over 2018 - 7 yr old Ryan of Ryan Toysreview is the years highest paid Youtube star earning $22 million A bit of December 3rd history… 1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot... ![]() Today in History - December 2 On the afternoon of December 2, 1942, the Atomic Age began inside an enormous tent on a squash court under the stands of the University of Chicago's Stagg Field. Continue reading. On December 2, 1763, members of the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island witnessed the dedication of the Touro Synagogue. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of December 2nd history… 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of France in Paris 1823 - US President Monroe declares his “Monroe Doctrine” a US foreign policy regarding Latin America 1845 - Manifest Destiny: US President Polk announces to Congress that the US should aggressively expand into the West (pictured) 1942 - World’s 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction occurs in Chicago Pile-1; world’s 1st nuclear reactor 1960 - Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovers 1.4 million year old Homo erectus in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 1971 - United Arab Emirates forms and declares independence from UK 1976 - Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba 2014 - Stephen Hawking claims that Artificial Intelligence could be a “threat to mankind” and spell the end of the human race A bit of December 2nd history… 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is... ![]() Today in History - December 1 On the evening of December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested for not giving up her seat to white passengers on a crowded Montgomery, Alabama bus. Continue reading. On December 1, 1957, the New York City Ballet premiered Agon, a collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer George Balanchine. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of December 1st history… 1824 - US House of Representatives begins to decide outcome of election deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson - Adams wins 1913 - Ford Motor Company institutes world’s 1st moving assembly line for the Model T Ford 1943 - At the end of the Tehran Conference, the Big Three (Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt) agree that the invasion of Normandy should take place in May 1944 1953 - Hugh Hefner publishes 1st edition of Playboy magazine, featuring Marilyn Monroe as the magazines centerfold 1955 - Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her seat to a white passenger in Alabama (pictured) 1998 - Exxon announces a $73.7 billion USD deal to buy Mobil, creating Exxon-Mobil, the worlds largest company 2016 - UN admits its peacekeepers were responsible for the cholera epidemic in Haiti in 2010 that killed 30,000 2019 - Earliest traceable patient, a 55 year old man, develops symptoms of a novel coronavirus, Covid-19, in Wuhan, China A bit of December 1st history… 1824 - US House of... ![]() Today in History - November 30 Samuel Langhorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, was born November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri and spent his childhood in nearby Hannibal. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of November 30th history… 1016 - Cnut the Great, King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund ‘Ironside’ 1487 - The 1st German Beer Purity Law is passed in Munich, stating that beer should be brewed from only 3 ingredients - water, malt, and hops 1876 - Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann find the gold Mask of Agamemnon at Mycenae, the Mona Lisa of prehistory (pictured) 1982 - “Thriller” studio album by Michael Jackson is released A bit of November 30th history… 1016 - Cnut the Great, King of... ![]() Today in History - November 29 On November 29, 1832, Amos Bronson Alcott wrote his mother of his joy in "the birth of a second daughter on my own birth-day" -- Louisa May Alcott. Continue reading. On November 29, 1799, Amos Bronson Alcott, educator, philosopher of American Transcendentalism, and father of the original "Little Women" -- Anna, Louisa, Elizabeth, and May Alcott--was born in Wolcott, Connecticut. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of November 29th history… 1877 - US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the 1st time 1910 - 1st US patent for inventing the traffic light system is issued 1935 - Physicist Erwin Schrodinger publishes his famous thought experiment “Schrodinger’s Cat”, a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics (pictured) 1963 - LBJ set up Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of JFK 1972 - Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, the 1st commercially successful video game 2019 - Wood fragment believed to be from Jesus’ manger returned to Bethlehem after 1400 years by Pope Francis A bit of November 29th history… 1877 - US inventor Thomas Edison... |
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