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KING KAMEHAMEHA I DAY (HAWAII) Hawaii is the only American state that was once a kingdom with its own monarchy. One of the greatest kings was King Kamehameha I, also called, appropriately, Kamehameha the Great. His name means “the very lonely one” or “the one […]
1690s 1692: BRIDGET BISHOP WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE HANGED AT THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS 1750s 1752: BEN FRANKLIN’S KITE AND KEY EXPERIMENT PROVED LIGHTNING IS ELECTRICITY 1790s 1791: CANADA CONSTITUTION ACT IS PASSED BY BRITISH PARLIAMENT, CREATING UPPER AND LOWER CANADA 1800s 1809: […]
1530s 1534: JACQUES CARTIER BECAME THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO DISCOVER THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER 1540s 1549: CHURCH OF ENGLAND FULLY ADOPTED BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1670s BORN 1672: PETER THE GREAT (EMPEROR OF RUSSIA) 1790s 1790: THE FIRST COPYRIGHT FOR A BOOK WAS GIVEN TO […]
1780s 1786: AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A NYC NEWSPAPER BY A MR. HULL OF 76 CHATHAM STREET ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD START MANUFACTURING ICE CREAM ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS. IT WAS THE FIRST KNOWN U.S. AD FOR COMMERCIAL ICE CREAM. 1810s BORN 1810: ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER) […]
1650s 1654: LOUIS XIV CROWNED KING OF FRANCE 1770s 1776: IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, RICHARD HENRY LEE OF VIRGINIA PROPOSED A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BORN 1778: BEAU BRUMMEL (FASHION LEADER) 1810s BORN 1811: SIR JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON (ONE OF THE FOUNDERS […]
1430s BORN 1436: REGIOMONTANUS, AKA JOHANN MULLER (ASTRONOMER) 1750s BORN 1755: NATHAN HALE (PATRIOT) 1790s BORN 1799: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (POET) 1820s 1829: POINSETTIA DEBUTED AT THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURE SOCIETY EXHIBITION 1840s 1844: THE YMCA WAS ORGANIZED IN LONDON BY GEORGE WILLIAMS 1860s BORN 1868: […]
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY One Day to Save the World. In 1972, the United Nations General Assembly established this observance to raise environmental awareness across the globe. Beginning in 1974, the observance has been held annually on June 5, a date that commemorates the start of […]
1730s BORN 1738: KING GEORGE III (BRITISH MONARCH) 1790s DIED 1798: GIACOMO CASANOVA 1880s BORN 1887: TOM LONGBOAT (RUNNER) 1890s 1892: THE SIERRA CLUB WAS ORGANIZED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 1896: HENRY FORD TOOK HIS CAR OUT FOR A TRIAL DRIVE AROUND THE STREETS OF […]
1430s BORN 1436: REGIOMONTANUS, AKA JOHANN MULLER (ASTRONOMER) 1750s BORN 1755: NATHAN HALE (PATRIOT) 1790s BORN 1799: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (POET) 1820s 1829: POINSETTIA DEBUTED AT THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURE SOCIETY EXHIBITION 1840s 1844: THE YMCA WAS ORGANIZED IN LONDON BY GEORGE WILLIAMS 1860s BORN 1868: […]
Every Year REPUBLIC DAY (ITALY) 1730s BORN 1731: MARTHA WASHINGTON (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1840s BORN 1840: THOMAS HARDY (WRITER) 1860s BORN 1861: HELEN LOUISE HERRON TAFT (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1880s 1883: IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME WAS PLAYED UNDER ELECTRIC LIGHTS AT […]
