This Week In American History
This Week In American History: April 21st - 27th
April 21 1836 During the Texan War for Independence, the Texas militia under Sam Houston launched a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna along the...
This Week In American History: April 21st - 27th
April 21 1836 During the Texan War for Independence, the Texas militia under Sam Houston launched a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna along the...
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This Week In American History: April 14th - 20th
April 14 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis! (Ever thus to...
This Week In American History: April 14th - 20th
April 14 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis! (Ever thus to...
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This Week In American History: April 7th - 13th
April 7 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower coined one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggested the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a...
This Week In American History: April 7th - 13th
April 7 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower coined one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggested the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a...
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This Week In American History: March 31st - Apr...
March 31 1931 Brilliant Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne (43) and seven others were killed when the wings of their plane broke apart while en route from Kansas City...
This Week In American History: March 31st - Apr...
March 31 1931 Brilliant Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne (43) and seven others were killed when the wings of their plane broke apart while en route from Kansas City...
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This Week In American History: March 24th - Mar...
March 24 1965 The first “teach-in” was conducted at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; two hundred faculty members participate by holding special anti-war seminars. Regular classes were canceled,...
This Week In American History: March 24th - Mar...
March 24 1965 The first “teach-in” was conducted at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; two hundred faculty members participate by holding special anti-war seminars. Regular classes were canceled,...
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This Week In American History: March 17th - Mar...
March 17 1776 British forces were forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington’s successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which overlooked the city from the south....
This Week In American History: March 17th - Mar...
March 17 1776 British forces were forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington’s successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which overlooked the city from the south....
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