This Week In American History
This Week In American History: August 24th - 30th
August 24 1873 William Henry Jackson became the first person to photograph Colorado’s elusive Mount of the Holy Cross, a natural cross of snow that lay hidden high in the...
This Week In American History: August 17th - 23rd
August 17 1978 The Double Eagle II completed the first transatlantic balloon flight when it lands in a barley field near Paris, 137 hours after lifting off from Presque...
This Week In American History: August 10th - 16th
August 10 1945 Just a day after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan submitted its acquiescence to the Potsdam Conference terms of unconditional surrender, as President Harry S. Truman ordered a...
This Week In American History: August 3rd - 9th
August 3 1949 After a damaging three-year battle to win both players and fans, the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL) merge to form the...
This Week in American History: July 27th - August 2nd
July 27 1981 Adam John Walsh, age 6, was abducted from a mall in Hollywood, Florida, and later found murdered. In the aftermath of the crime, Adam’s father, John Walsh...
This Week in American History: July 20th - July 26th
July 20 1881 Five years after Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's infamous defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Hunkpapa Teton Sioux leader Sitting Bull surrendered to the U.S....
This Week in American History: July 13th - July 19th
July 13 1923 The Hollywood Sign was officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. Harvey and Daeida Wilcox founded Hollywood in 1887 as a community for likeminded followers...
This Week in American History: July 6th - July 12th
July 6 1957 Althea Gibson claimed the women's singles tennis title at Wimbledon and became the first African American to win a championship at London's All England Lawn Tennis and...
This Week in American History: June 29th - July 5th
June 29 1776 Edward Rutledge, one of South Carolina’s representatives to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, expressed his reluctance to declare independence from Britain in a letter to the like-minded John...
This Week in American History: June 22nd - June 28th
June 22 1940 The first Dairy Queen store opens along historic Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois. The soft-serve formula was first developed in 1938 by John Fremont "J.F." "Grandpa" McCullough...
This Week in American History: June 15th - June 21st
June 15 1846 Representatives of Great Britain and the United States signed the Oregon Treaty, which settles a long-standing dispute with Britain over who controlled the Oregon territory. The treaty established...
This Week In American History: June 8th - 14th
June 8 1967 During the SIx-Day War, Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats attacked the USS Liberty in international waters off Egypt’s Gaza Strip. The intelligence ship, well-marked as an American vessel...