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.........

Friday, November 17, 2017

NOVEMBER 17 = The Suez Canal is Opened

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The Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas, was opened on today's date, November 17, in 1869 in a lavish ceremony...

Friday, October 27, 2017

OCTOBER 27 = Theodore Roosevelt is Born

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On today's date - October 27 in 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born in New York City, the second of four children to Martha Stewa...

Friday, October 13, 2017

OCTOBER 13 = The U.S. Navy is Born

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The United States Navy was given it's "birth certificate" on today's date, October 13 in 1775 by an act of the Contine...

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

OCTOBER 10 = The "Great Hurricane" of 1780

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"At Barbados, where the cyclone had commenced it's terrible spiral, the wind was unchained with such fury, that the inhabit...

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

SEPTEMBER 28 = Hitler's Life Spared by Brit Soldier?

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Out of the time-shrouded mists of a long ago war, one nearly forgotten by today's generation comes a story which may or may not be ...

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

SEPTEMBER 20 = Arthur Becomes Third POTUS in One Year

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Our political system may seem VERY odd... especially this year with all off the unprecedented things going on with Donald Trump as Pr...

Thursday, July 27, 2017

JULY 27 = Korean War Armistice is Signed

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The Korean War came to a complete if inconclu-sive end on today's date, July 27 in 1953. The preamble to the treaty itself (the sign...

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