A Daily Slice of History

This Day in History - March 23rd, 2023 23.03.2023 3:35 ↓

1775: Patrick Henry delivers his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech

This Day in History - March 22nd, 2023 22.03.2023 3:34 ↓

1765: The Stamp Act is imposed on the American colonies

This Day in History - March 21st, 2023 21.03.2023 3:03 ↓

2006: the first tweet sent on the social media platform Twitter

This Day in History - March 20th, 2023 20.03.2023 3:23 ↓

1345: The Black Death is supposedly created

This Day in History - March 10th, 2023 10.03.2023 3:07 ↓

1917: October Revolution begins in Russia (Russian Revolution part 2)

This Day in History - March 9th, 2023 10.03.2023 3:22 ↓

1985: First Adopt-A-Highway sign goes up

This Day in History - March 8th, 2023 09.03.2023 3:50 ↓

1917: February Revolution begins in Russia

This Day in History - March 7th, 2023 07.03.2023 2:46 ↓

1774: King George III of England gave a speech in which he charged the colonists with attempting to injure British commerce

This Day in History - March 6th, 2023 06.03.2023 3:28 ↓

1899: Bayer patents aspirin

This Day in History - March 3rd, 2023 03.03.2023 2:53 ↓

1931: "The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes the national anthem

This Day in History - March 2nd, 2023 02.03.2023 3:55 ↓

1692: Sarah Good, Sarah Osborn, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts

This Day in History - March 1st, 2023 02.03.2023 4:15 ↓

1932: Charles Lindbergh Jr. is kidnapped

This Day in History - February 28th, 2023 28.02.2023 4:43 ↓

1993: Jerry Seinfeld wins at the 7th American Comedy Award

This Day in History - February 27th, 2023 27.02.2023 5:57 ↓

2023: WUSR celebrates its 30th anniversary

This Day in History - February 24th, 2023 23.02.2023 4:09 ↓

1836: The Alamo defenders call for help

This Day in History - February 23rd, 2023 23.02.2023 3:56 ↓

1778: Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge

This Day in History - February 22nd, 2023 22.02.2023 4:15 ↓

1980: U.S. hockey team beats the Soviets in the "Miracle on Ice"

This Day in History - February 21st, 2023 21.02.2023 3:43 ↓

1885: Washington Monument dedicated in Washington, D.C.

This Day in History - February 20th, 2023 20.02.2023 3:27 ↓

1962: John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth

This Day in History - February 17th, 2023 17.02.2023 3:15 ↓

1979: China invades Vietnam

This Day in History - February 16th, 2023 16.02.2023 3:11 ↓

600: Pope Gregory I declares “God bless you” is the proper response to a sneeze

This Day in History - February 15th, 2023 15.02.2023 4:25 ↓

1898: The USS Maine explodes

This Day in History - February 14th, 2023 14.02.2023 4:16 ↓

270: St. Valentine was martyred

This Day in History - February 13th, 2023 13.02.2023 4:14 ↓

1945: Bombing of Dresden

This Day in History - February 10th, 2023 10.02.2023 4:53 ↓

1949: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman premiers