Today In History – October 20
Today in History in 1968 former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis; and in 2018 Donald Trump decides to pul...
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Today In History – October 19
Today in History in 1973 President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court demand to turn over the Watergate tapes.The On This Day In History archives ...
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Today In History – October 18
Today in History in 1867 the United States takes possession of Alaska, celebrated annually in the state as (Alaska Day). On this day, Alaska also chan...
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Today In History – October 17
Today in History in 1888 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie); in 1907 Marconi begins the first commercial transa...
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Today In History – October 16
Today in History in 1793 Marie Antoinette is executed on the guillotine; in 1909 William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit me...
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Today In History – October 15
Today in History in 1966 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill creating the United States Department of Transportation.The On This Day In Histor...
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Today In History – October 14
Today in History in 1912 while campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former US President Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper William Schrank. Wi...
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Today In History – October 13
Today in History in 1792 in Washington, DC, the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.The O...
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Today In History – October 12
Today in History in 1492 in his first voyage, Christopher Columbus lands in the present-day Bahamas, in the belief that he'd reached East ...
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Today In History – October 11
Today in History in 1910 former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to fly in an airplane; and in 1968 NASA ...
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Today In History – October 10
Today in History in 1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.The On This D...
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Today In History – October 9
Today in History in 1767 the surveying of the Mason–Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland is completed, unofficially marking the boundary...
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Today In History – October 8
Today in History in 2001 George W. Bush announces the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.The On This Day In History archives at “Si...
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Today In History – October 7
Today in History in 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South...
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Today In History – October 6
Today in History in 1889 Thomas Edison shows his first movie, in 1979 Pope John Paul II visits the White House, and in 1993 Michael Jordan surprisingl...
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Today In History – October 5
Today in History in 1905 Wilbur Wright pilots the Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stuck until 1908.The On ...
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