An article about a resolution passed in the U.S. House on 11 February 1861 guaranteeing non-interference with slavery in any state of the Union... (Read More)
An article about Richard Lawrence firing two pistols point-blank at President Andrew Jackson on 30 January 1835, and Jackson’s miraculous survival... (Read More)
An article about the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986, killing all seven crew members and stunning teachers and students... (Read More)
An article about James Marshall discovering gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, on 24 January 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush... (Read More)
An article about the first “Human Be-In” that took place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on 14 January 1967... (Read More)
An article about the first shot fired in the Civil War: the attack upon the ship “Star of the West” in Charleston Harbor on 9 January 1861... (Read More)
An article about the signing of the Treaty of Paris on 10 December 1898, which officially ended the Spanish-American War... (Read More)
An article about the mystery of the “ghost ship” Mary Celeste, found near Portugal sailing along in good shape but utterly abandoned on 4 December 1872... (Read More)
An article about a meteorite that crashed through the roof and hit Ann Hodges in her home in Sylacauga, Alabama, on 30 November 1954... (Read More)
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