Today in History - May 5 Mexican troops under General Ignacio Zaragoza successfully defended the town of Puebla on May...
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Today in History - October 18 On October 18, 1898, American troops fighting in the Spanish-American War raised the United...
Today in History - October 17 On October 17, 1823, President James Monroe wrote a letter to his friend and...
Today in History - October 16 Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and twenty-one armed followers...
Today in History - October 15 On October 15, 1972, Jackie Robinson attended a World Series game that included a...
Today in History - October 14 William Penn, English religious and social reformer and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania,...
Today in History - October 13 The cornerstone of the White House was laid on October 13, 1792. Continue reading. Click here...
Today in History - October 12 Early in the morning of October 12, 1492, a sailor on board the Pinta...
Today in History - October 11 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. Continue reading....
Today in History - October 10 On October 10, 1850, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal was completed and opened for...
Today in History - October 9 On October 9, 1701, the colonial legislature of Connecticut chartered the Collegiate School in...
Today in History - October 8 On Sunday, October 8, 1871, fire leveled a broad swath of Michigan and Wisconsin,...
Today in History - October 7 Cornell University welcomed its first 412 students to the rural campus overlooking Lake Cayuga...
Today in History - October 6 On October 6, 1866, thieves boarded an eastbound Ohio & Mississippi Railroad passenger train...
Today in History - October 5 On October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph, exhausted and disheartened, surrendered in the Bears Paw...
Today in History - October 4 The General Court of the Plymouth Colony instituted a legal code, the first composed...
Today in History - October 3 John Ross, long-time leader of the Cherokee Nation, was born on October 3, 1790,...
Today in History - October 2 On October 2, 1780, British intelligence officer Major John André was hanged as a...
