On April 4, 1968, Civil rights activist Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray, erupting in widespread rioting and looting in over 100 American cities, leading to...
April 4th, 1776, was an important date that was planning on securing the freedom of New York.
New York had both the Hudson River and East River, along with the Atlantic Ocean which they used for transportation...
On March 5, 1770, an important event known as the The Boston Massacre took place. During this time, tensions have already been rising between the colonists and British Soldiers. The colonists were upset...
This day known as 9-11 is one of the most tragic days in history, and if you don’t know why I will tell you..
On September 11, 2001 In NYC Lower Manhattan. 19 terrorists from the Islamist extreme...
Today marked 70 years since former President Harry Truman warned Americans about the Cold War in his State of the Union address in 1952.
On January 9th, 1952, 33rd President Harry Truman had his State...
110 years ago today, Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen, became the first person in history to reach the South Pole on December 14th, 1911. He beat his rival, British explorer, Robert Falcon Scott.
Roald...
Rosa Parks Ignites Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, Alabama on December 1st 1955, Rosa was sent to jail for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Because of her arrest African American activists called for...
8 days after JFK, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, The acting vice president, LBJ, formed a commission to investigate Kennedy’s assassination. “The Warren...
Coffee rationing begins.
In 1942 coffee joins the list of items rationed (allow each person to only have a fixed amount of) in the U.S. Regardless of record coffee production in Latin American countries,...
Around 150 years ago, the Great Chicago Fire tore through the west side of the city.The blazes took many lives of the people in Chicago. The fire destroyed thousands of buildings leaving 10’s of thousands...
