This Week In American History
This Week In American History: January 29th - F...
January 29 1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven,” beginning “Once upon a midnight dreary,” was published in the New York Evening Mirror. Equally praised and panned by critics...
This Week In American History: January 29th - F...
January 29 1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven,” beginning “Once upon a midnight dreary,” was published in the New York Evening Mirror. Equally praised and panned by critics...
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This Week In American History: January 22nd - J...
January 22 1968 "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin released her twelfth studio album, Lady Soul. The masterpiece includes some of her biggest hit singles: "Chain of Fools", (You Make...
This Week In American History: January 22nd - J...
January 22 1968 "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin released her twelfth studio album, Lady Soul. The masterpiece includes some of her biggest hit singles: "Chain of Fools", (You Make...
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This Week In American History: January 15th - J...
January 15 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate degree in theology and in 1955 helped...
This Week In American History: January 15th - J...
January 15 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate degree in theology and in 1955 helped...
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This Week In American History: January 8th - Ja...
January 8 1978 Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, took his place on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. A native of Long...
This Week In American History: January 8th - Ja...
January 8 1978 Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, took his place on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. A native of Long...
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New Year's Day
The first New Year’s celebration dates back 4,000 years. Julius Caesar, the emperor of Rome, was the first to declare January 1st a national holiday. He named the month after...
New Year's Day
The first New Year’s celebration dates back 4,000 years. Julius Caesar, the emperor of Rome, was the first to declare January 1st a national holiday. He named the month after...
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This Week In American History: January 1st - Ja...
January 1 1863 A farmer named Daniel Freeman submitted the first claim under the new Homestead Act for a property near Beatrice, Nebraska. Signed into law in 1862 by...
This Week In American History: January 1st - Ja...
January 1 1863 A farmer named Daniel Freeman submitted the first claim under the new Homestead Act for a property near Beatrice, Nebraska. Signed into law in 1862 by...
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