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Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, regarded by many as the greatest musical genius of all time, was born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756, the son of violinist and composer Leopold Mozart. The young Mozart began composing minuets …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Abdication of Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani stepped down from the throne on January 24, 1893, to avoid any bloodshed and to pardon her supporters who had been jailed by the Provisional Government, which had asked her to abdicate. …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
The Discovery of Insulin Following the birth of an idea and nine months of experimentation, and through the combined efforts of four men at the University of Toronto, Canada, insulin for the treatment of diabetes was first discovered and later …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill At John A. Sutter's sawmill near where the American and Sacramento rivers converge in California, carpenter James W. Marshall found gold on January 24, 1848. Marshall, Sutter and their workers tried to keep the discovery …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Jefferson Davis Leaves the U.S. Senate Just weeks after his home state of Mississippi seceded from the Union, U.S. Senator Jefferson Davis prepared to leave Washington, D.C., and the country he had served as a soldier, cabinet member and member …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Queen Victoria Dies Queen Victoria, monarch of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, died on January 22, 1901, after presiding over her vast empire for nearly 64 years–the longest reign in British history. Born in 1819, the only …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
The Tuskegee Airmen The U.S. Army Air Corps 99th Fighter Squadron, the first of the all-black Tuskegee Airmen to see combat, had been based in Africa for four months when they were assigned to escort 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers on …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
The Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (far left) and Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav M. Molotov (far right) signed a pact on August 23, 1939, in which Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia agreed not to …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Edgar Allan Poe American writer Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He lost both of his parents when he was very young, and afterward he grew up with a foster family. Poe studied briefly at …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Belle Boyd: Confederate Spy Ardent Confederate Isabelle (Belle) Boyd became one of the Civil War's most notorious spies. In 1861, when only 16, she fatally wounded a Union soldier who entered her family's home in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Gulf War Patriot Missiles Intercept Iraqi Scuds On January 17, 1991, the first Iraqi Scud missile attacks on Israel were launched. There were reports of death and injury, and possibly even chemical weapons being used. For a few tense hours, …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Explorers Ellsworth and Hollick-Kenyon Rescued American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and Canadian pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon were rescued by the research ship Discovery II on January 14, 1936. The pair had made the first flight across Antarctica, 2,300 miles from the Weddell …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., eloquent African-American Baptist minister and leader of the civil rights movement from the mid-1950s, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. Dr. King began his involvement in the civil rights …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Horatio Alger, Jr. Horatio Alger, Jr., the author of more than 100 inspirational books for young people from the Civil War to the turn of the 20th century, was born the son of a Unitarian minister on January 13, 1832. …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Alexander Hamilton American patriot and statesman Alexander Hamilton, the illegitimate son of a Scottish merchant, was born on St. Croix probably on January 11, 1755. After showing remarkable promise in finance, the young Hamilton was sent by a benefactor to …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Wyatt Earp Dies Frontiersman Wyatt Earp died on January 13, 1929, after an illustrious life in the West. Born in Illinois in 1848, he served as a lawman in Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas, as well as Tombstone, Arizona Territory, …
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