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.........

Sunday, June 29, 2014

JUNE 29 = Shakespeare's Globe Theater Burns Down

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"... I will entertain you at the present with what happened this week at the Banks side. The King's players had a new play call...

Saturday, June 28, 2014

JUNE 28 When the Lamps Went Out

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"That bit of paper wrecked proud old empires." - Borijove Jevtic "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not...

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Friday, June 27, 2014

JUNE 27 = Helen Keller is Born.

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"It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life. I have, as it were, a superstitious hesitation in lifting...

Thursday, June 26, 2014

JUNE 26 = The Berlin Airlift Begins

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"One option that was not raised was the possibility of creating an airlift to bring food and supplies into Berlin over our legally...

Friday, June 20, 2014

JUNE 20 = "Bugsy" Siegel is Murdered

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"I told little Benny that he could be my number two.... He was young but very brave. His big problem was that he was always ready t...

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

JUNE 18 = The Battle of Waterloo

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"It was a near run thing." - the Duke of Wellington "Nothing could equal the splendor and the terror of the scene. Ch...

Monday, June 16, 2014

JUNE 16 = The First U.S. Roller Coaster Opens

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The first com- mercial roller coaster in the United States gave its first ride on today's date, June 16 in 1884 at New York's Co...

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