1922 – U.S. Secretary of Interior leased Teapot Dome naval oil reserves in Wyoming. 1927 – The first long-distance TV transmission was sent from Washington,…
1922 – U.S. Secretary of Interior leased Teapot Dome naval oil reserves in Wyoming. 1927 – The first long-distance TV transmission was sent from Washington,…
1199 – English King Richard I was killed by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Chaluz in France. 1607 – An expedition…
1814Netherlands Bank issues its 1st banknotes 1818 In the Battle of Maipú, Chile’s independence movement – led by Bernardo O’Higgins and José de San Martín – win a…
1865 Battle of Ft Blakely AL & Selma AL 1866 US President Johnson ends civil war. 1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault…
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. The next day he went ashore. 1792 – The U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act…
1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA 1866…
1809 Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin. 1854 Britain & France declare war on Russia (Crimean War) 1860…
1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends English throne 1668 England takes control of Bombay, India 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela; about…
1668England takes control of Bombay, India 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela; about 20,000 die 1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid 1931 Iraq…
1802 France, Netherlands, Spain & Great Britain sign Peace of Amiens 1821 Greece gains independence from 1856 A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine 1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo…