On this day in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. The 19th Amendment prohibits the United States and its ...
On this day in 1979, Smallpox was officially declared eradicated. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global ...
On this day in 1888, five European sheep farmers, recently arrived to the continent of South America, set out to bring the livestock, equipment and laborers necessary to expand sheep farming into the ...
On this day in 1984, thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. You may use ...
On this day in 1976, Member of Parliament and suspected (posthumously confirmed) spy for Czechoslovakia John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party after being arrested for faking his own death.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On this day in 1600, Euridice was first ...
On this day in 1996, IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. Deep Blue’s victory is considered a milestone in the history of artificial intelligence and has ...
On this day in 1998, the SCOTUS rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. Because the New ...
On this day in 1929, Chesney Henry “Chet” Baker Jr., an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist, is born. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz (the best kind of jazz) that led him to be ...
On this day in 1965, the Ranger 8 probe, part of Project Ranger, launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the crewed Apollo missions. Mare ...
On this day in 1876, the stage premiere of Peer Gynt, a five-act play in verse written by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway. Peer Gynt ...
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