This Day In History

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin (More info) 1950 – The FBI’s institutes the ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list in an effort to spotlight dangerous fugitives (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun (More info) 1865 – The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African-American troops (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1912 – The Girl Guides — later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA — are founded (More info) 1933 – Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation in the first of his “fireside chats” (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded (More info) 1948 – The Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violates the US Constitution (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1781 – The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation (More info) 1790 – The first United States census is authorized (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1784 – John Wesley charters the Methodist Church in the United States (More info) 1883 – The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1827 – A group of masked and costumed students dance through the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, marking the beginning of the city’s famous Mardi Gras celebrations (More info) 1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba (More info) 1919 – President Woodrow Wilson signs an act establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a US National Park (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1896 – The Tootsie Roll is introduced (More info) 1927 – President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill establishing the Federal Radio Commission — later the Federal Communications Commission — which regulated the use of US radio frequencies (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1819 – By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for $5 million (More info) 1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish ‘The Communist Manifesto’ (More info) 1878 – The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, CT (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington (More info) 1872 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City (More info)