This Day In History

This Day in History for April 17 – Ford Mustang Debuts and More
This Day in History for April 17 – Ford Mustang Debuts and More
This Day in History for April 17 – Ford Mustang Debuts and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer tells the ‘Canterbury Tales’ for the first time at the court of Richard II (More info) 1961 – A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban exiles lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro (More info)
This Day in History for April 16 – Cronkite Becomes Anchor and More
This Day in History for April 16 – Cronkite Becomes Anchor and More
This Day in History for April 16 – Cronkite Becomes Anchor and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1943 – The hallucinogenic effects of LSD are discovered (More info) 1962 – Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the ‘CBS Evening News,’ going on to become “the most trusted man in America” (More info) 1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens ...
This Day in History for April 13 – Apollo 13 Disaster and More
This Day in History for April 13 – Apollo 13 Disaster and More
This Day in History for April 13 – Apollo 13 Disaster and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly called the Met, is founded (More info) 1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC, on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth (More info)
This Day in History for April 4 – MLK Assassinated and More
This Day in History for April 4 – MLK Assassinated and More
This Day in History for April 4 – MLK Assassinated and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1818 – The US Congress adopts a flag with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (More info) 1841 – President William Henry Harrison dies from pneumonia just one month after his inauguration (More info)

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