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, August 29, 2015

AUGUST 29 = Hurricane Katrina

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In the early morning hours of today's date, August 29, in 2005 Hurricane Katrina entered the Gulf Coast of the United States. When i...

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

AUGUST 25 = The Great Moon Hoax of 1835!!

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"Tuesday, August 25, 1835 GREAT ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES LATELY MADE BY SIR JOHN HERSCHEL, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c. At the Cape...

Monday, August 10, 2015

AUGUST 10 = The Smithsonian Institution is Founded

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James Smithson (left). The name probably means very little to most Americans. In fact he was barely known to the people of his own cou...

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

AUGUST 6 = The Bombing of Hiroshima 75 Years later.

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"The revelation of the secrets of nature, long mercifully with-held from man, should arouse the most solemn reflections in their...

Sunday, August 2, 2015

AUGUST 2 = "Wild Bill" Hickok is Killed

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"He was a Plainsman in every sense of the word, yet unlike any other of his class. In person he was about six feet one in height, ...

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

JUNE 17 = The Statue of Liberty Arrives in New York

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"If a monument should rise in the United States, as a memorial to their independence, I should think it only natural if it we...

Thursday, June 11, 2015

JUNE 11 = Escape From Alcatraz?

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"I'll never believe they're dead; I don't believe they're dead. I was listening to the radio when (they) told abou...

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