August 25: Today In History:THE NEW YORK SUN PUBLISHED PART ONE OF “THE GREAT MOON HOAX!”
On August 25, 1835, The New York Sun newspaper published the first article proclaiming the discovery of life on the moon. The six-part series, known…
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August 24: Today In HistoryPLUTO IS NO LONGER A PLANET!
On August 24, 2006, Pluto was downgraded to one of the dozens of known dwarf planets from having been the ninth planet from the sun…
August 23: Today In HistoryPETE ROSE GETS BANNED FROM BASEBALL!
On August 23, 1989, Pete Rose, the Cincinnati Reds manager, received a settlement including a lifetime ban from baseball as a consequence of betting on…
August 22: Today In HistoryINTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS FOUNDED!
On August 22, 1864, what would later become the “International Committee of the Red Cross,” “The Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick…
August 21: Today In HistoryHAWAII BECOMES THE 50TH STATE!
On August 21, 1959, a ruling accepting Hawaii as the 50th state of the Union was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Polynesians who arrived…
August 20: Today In HistoryFIRST AFRICAN SLAVES ARRIVE IN JAMESTOWN
On August 20, 1619, the Portuguese arrived in the British colony of Virginia with 20 enslaved Angolans and others who they sold to the English…
August 19: Today In HistoryUS CIA SPY PILOT SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN RUSSIAN PRISON!
On August 19, 1960, U.S. CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was condemned to ten years in prison in the USSR, having confessed to espionage.…
August 18: Today In HistoryWOMEN CAN NOW VOTE!
On August 18, 1920, a battle in the Tennessee House of Representatives ended with only one more “yes” vote than “no” to ratify the 19th…
August 17: Today In History:LAST OF HITLER’S INNER CIRCLE, RUDOLF HESS, COMMITS SUICIDE!
On August 17, 1987, Rudolf Hess, 93, the sole prisoner at Spandau Prison in Berlin since 1966, committed suicide by strangling himself with electrical wires.…
August 16: Today In History:YUKON GOLD DISCOVERY!
On August 16, 1896, while camping near Rabbit Creek in the Canadian territory of Yukon, George Carmack reportedly found a nugget of gold sticking out…