Today in History

"Today in History" - What happened on this date in history? Author Brian T. Bolten presents something interesting, strange, amusing or tragic. Whatever it is, it happened TODAY.........

Saturday, May 24, 2014

MAY 24 = The Reds Play Baseball's First Nightgame

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“Night baseball went over with a bang in Cincinnati last night when the first major league game ever played under the floodlights was wo...

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Friday, May 23, 2014

MAY 23 = Bonnie & Clyde Are Killed

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"If they try to act like citizens And rent them a nice little flat, About the third night They're invited to fight By a sub-gun...

Thursday, May 22, 2014

SPECIAL = Stolen Gardner Works Sighted

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The following news article has been copied directly from Fox News at the following web address: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/22/confi...

MAY 22 = "The Great Train Robbery" of 1868

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“While the train was taking wood and water at Marshfield, twenty miles below Seymour, a party of robbers seized upon the engine, and disc...

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

MAY 21 = Lindbergh Lands in Paris

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“I’ve never landed ‘the Spirit of St.Louis’ at night before. It would be better to come in straight. But if I don’t sideslip, I’ll be to...

Monday, May 19, 2014

MAY 19 = Anne Boleyn is Executed

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"This morning she sent for me, that I might be with her at such time as she received the good Lord, to the intent I should hear he...

Sunday, May 18, 2014

MAY 18 = Mount St. Helens Erupts

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“Within a matter of seconds, perhaps 15 seconds, the whole north side of the summit crater began to move simultaneously. The nature of m...

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