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On this day/Today. 1799 – Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin became the first woman to make a parachute descent, falling 900 metres (3,000 ft) in the gondola of a hot air balloon. 1890 – The Uddevalla Suffrage Association was founded in Uddevalla, Sweden, with the purpose of bringing about universal suffrage. 1928 – The iron lung (example ...
The Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 11, 1890 as a nonprofit, non-political patriotic women's service organization.
National Geographic Kids (often nicknamed to Nat Geo Kids) is a children's magazine published by National Geographic Partners. [1] In a broad sense, the publication is a version of National Geographic, the publisher's flagship magazine, that is intended for children. The headquarters of the magazine is in Washington, D.C. [2]
The Naval School was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in the wake of a shocking scandal at sea on this day in history, Oct. 10, 1845.. The renowned military institute was renamed the U.S. Naval ...
1832 – President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re–charter the Second Bank of the United States. 1850 – Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, 16 months into his term. 1890 – Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. 1913 – Death Valley ...
The White House. Designed by James Hoban (1758-1831), in neoclassical style, its construction took place between 1792 and 1800. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams ...
1947 - Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600. 1947 - Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail ...