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, August 22, 2019

AUGUST 22, 1485 = The Battle of Bosworth Field

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The Battle of Bosworth Field, which was fought on today's date, August 22 in the year 1486, was the climactic engagement in the Engl...

Friday, August 16, 2019

AUGUST 16 = Gold is Discovered in Alaska, 1896.

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"To Whom It May Concern: I do, this day, locate and claim, by right of discovery, five hundred feet, running up stream from thi...

Saturday, August 3, 2019

AUGUST 3 = Jesse Owens Wins Olympic Gold

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On today's date, August 3, in 1936 at the Olympic games held in Berlin, the American track star Jesse Owens won the gold medal for h...

Friday, June 21, 2019

JUNE 21 = The Yankees Announce Lou Gehrig's Retirement

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On June 21, 1939, the New York Yankees announced that Lou Gehrig (left), their long-time first baseman would be retiring from baseball. ...

Thursday, June 6, 2019

JUNE 6 = "D - Day" 76 Years Later

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"Omaha Beach was a night- mare. Even now it brings pain to recall what happe- ned there on June 6, 1944. I have returned many times ...

Sunday, June 2, 2019

JUNE 2 = The Last Confederate Army Surrenders

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The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when the guns in the harbor of Charleston Bay opened fire upon the Federal held Fort S...

Sunday, May 12, 2019

MAY 12 = Florence Nightingale is Born

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Florence Nightingale (left), widely regarded as the founder of modern nursing was born on today's date, May 12, 1820 in Florence, ...

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