Just 31 days after his inauguration, President William Henry Harrison died on this day in 1841. As the president with the shortest term in office, he also holds the record for longest inauguration speech delivered.Continue Reading
Significantly ahead of her time, the beautiful and intellectual Abigail had a vision that the women in the newly-formed country would be the social equal of men.Continue Reading
On this day in 1867, Secretary of State William Seward bought the Alaska territory from Russia in what became known later as “Seward’s Folly.”Continue Reading
What do you drink? Coke, soda or pop? Depending on where you live, you may call the carbonated, sugary drink a plethora of names. Many in South refer to the dark-bubbly syrup as “coke,” after Georgia pharmacist John Pemberton’s Coca-Cola drink, which was first invented on this day in 1886, in Atlanta, Georgia.Continue Reading
On this day in 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, wife of President Taft, and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted the first two of these trees on the north bank of the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park.Continue Reading
On this day in 1775, the Virginia Congress convened to discuss negotiations with Parliament. Among the throng of patriots gathered to determine their colonies’ fate was George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry.Continue Reading
On this day, March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed The Stamp Act of 1765, which imposed a direct tax on the colonies on various printed materials such as official documents, pamphlets,Continue Reading
On this day, March 21, 1871, journalist Henry Morton Stanley began his search for the missing missionary and explorer to Africa, Dr. David Livingston. Upon finding him in the remote jungles of Tanzania, Stanley reportedly said, “Dr. Livingston, I presume?”Continue Reading
