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On Saturday May 19, TODAY aired a special edition that began at 4:30am ET and ended at 10am ET. Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb hosted live coverage of the Royal Wedding from a special vantage point overseeing Windsor Castle. On Friday, May 18, the day before the Royal Wedding, the TODAY team anchored a special edition too. The third and fourth ...
U.S. territorial extent in 1860. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins. November 6 – 1860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected president and Hannibal Hamlin vice president with only 39% of the vote in a four-man race. December 18 – Crittenden Compromise fails. December 20 – President Buchanan fires his cabinet.
Image credits: undiscoveredh1story Nowadays, we consume tons of visual media. Videos, photos, cinema, and TV can help us learn new things every day. However, they can just as easily misinform us.
Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Swedish immigrants. The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862, and to its eventual home in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875. Sedalia, Missouri is incorporated. The American South has c. 4 million slaves. 1860–1900 – 14 million immigrants come to the United States.
October 2 – The first International Conference of American States begins in Washington, D.C. November 2 – North Dakota and South Dakota become the 39th and 40th states, respectively (see History of North Dakota) and (see History of South Dakota). November 8 – Montana becomes the 41st state (see History of Montana).
February 13 – The first daylight bank robbery in United States history during peacetime takes place in Liberty, Missouri. This is considered to be the first robbery committed by Jesse James and his gang, although James role is disputed. February 26 – The Calaveras Skull is discovered in California.
July 1 – United States Department of Justice is established. July 15 – Reconstruction: Georgia becomes the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union, and the C.S.A. is dissolved. August 15 – Transcontinental Railroad completed in Colorado.
Many of them will be wearing black pins with the year “1870” on them, which marks the date of the first known police killing of an unarmed and free Black person that occurred in the United States.