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.........

Thursday, November 1, 2018

NOVEMBER 1 = Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Opens

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"Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving." - ...

Saturday, July 14, 2018

JULY 14 = Billy the Kid III - "the Kid" is Killed

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"He did look human, indeed, but there was nothing very mannish about him in his appearance, for he looked and acted a mere boy. He...

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Saturday, April 7, 2018

APRIL 7 Ike's "Domino Theory" Speech

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On today's date, April 7 in 1954, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower (left) during a news conference said this: "Finally, you h...

Thursday, February 15, 2018

FEBRUARY 15 = U.S.S. Maine Explodes

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On today's date, March 15 in 1898 a vast explosion sunk the American Navy Battleship U.S.S. Maine (Pic- tured above) while she was ...

Sunday, January 14, 2018

JANUARY 14 = FDR, Churchill Meet at Casablanca

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On today's date, January 14 in 1943, the two main Allied leaders arrived in Casablanca in French Morocco to plan their strategy for ...

Sunday, December 31, 2017

DECEMBER 31 = George Remus Throws a Party!!

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George Remus (left); called the King of the Bootleggers. A man who raised himself from a clerk at his father's drugstore to the rich...

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...

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