Today in History - August 6 On August 6, 1890, baseball great Cy Young pitched his first professional game, leading...
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August News from the Librarian of Congress Friends, What an eventful summer this has been. I hope that you are...
Today in History - August 5 On August 5, 1775, the Spanish ship, San Carlos, commanded by Juan Manuel de Ayala, entered...
Today in History - August 4 On August 4, 1753, George Washington became a Master Mason, the highest rank in...
Today in History - August 3 On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage to what...
Today in History - August 2 Novelist, essayist, and playwright James Baldwin was born in August 2, 1924, in New...
Today in History - August 1 After its first bid for statehood was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, Colorado entered...
Today in History - July 31 On July 31, 1816, George H. Thomas was born in Southampton County, Virginia. Continue...
Today in History - July 31 On July 31, 1816, George H. Thomas was born in Southampton County, Virginia. Continue...
Today in History - July 31 On July 31, 1816, George H. Thomas was born in Southampton County, Virginia. Continue...
Today in History - July 29 On July 29, 1858, the United States and Japan signed the Treaty of Amity...
Today in History - July 28 On July 28, 1868, Secretary of State William Seward issued a proclamation certifying without...
Today in History - July 27 Architect Cyrus Lazelle Warner Eidlitz was born on July 27, 1853, in New York...
Today in History - July 26 On July 26, 1788, the Convention of the State of New York, meeting in...
Today in History - July 25 On July 25, 1936, after a five-night run, the audience at the Park Theatre...
Today in History - July 24 Completing a treacherous thousand-mile exodus, an ill and exhausted Brigham Young and fellow members...
Today in History - July 23 On July 23, 1904, according to some accounts, Charles E. Menches conceived the idea...
Today in History - July 22 On July 22, 1796, a party of surveyors commissioned by General Moses Cleaveland arrived...
