On this day…in 1900
On this day in 1900, the first car to be produced under the “Mercedes” name is delivered to its
On this day in 1900, the first car to be produced under the “Mercedes” name is delivered to its
Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard the Pirate, was killed on this day off North Carolina during a bloody battle with
On this day in 1980, the actor Steve McQueen, one of Hollywood’s leading men of the 1960’s and 1970’s
On this day in 1960, a landmark obscenity case over Lady Chatterley’s Lover, by D.H. Lawrence, ends in the
Marcus Junius Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, commits suicide after his defeat at the
American Astronomer, Andrew Elliott Douglass, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys. Douglass wrote
The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurs on Krakatau (also called Krakatoa), a small, uninhabited volcanic island
On the morning of July 7, 2005, bombs are detonated in three crowded London Underground stations and one bus
1627 – Ottoman pirates begin raids on Icelandic villages, eventually capturing over 400 people to sell to slavery. 1756
On this day in 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France
On this day in 1900, the first car to be produced under the “Mercedes” name is delivered to its
Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard the Pirate, was killed on this day off North Carolina during a bloody battle with
On this day in 1980, the actor Steve McQueen, one of Hollywood’s leading men of the 1960’s and 1970’s
On this day in 1960, a landmark obscenity case over Lady Chatterley’s Lover, by D.H. Lawrence, ends in the
Marcus Junius Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, commits suicide after his defeat at the
American Astronomer, Andrew Elliott Douglass, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys. Douglass wrote
The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurs on Krakatau (also called Krakatoa), a small, uninhabited volcanic island
On the morning of July 7, 2005, bombs are detonated in three crowded London Underground stations and one bus
1627 – Ottoman pirates begin raids on Icelandic villages, eventually capturing over 400 people to sell to slavery. 1756
On this day in 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France