today in history

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1867 – The North America Act is passed by the British parliament, creating the dominion of Canada (More info) 1929 – Herbert Hoover becomes the first president to have a telephone installed in the Oval Office (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1834 – President Andrew Jackson becomes the first president to be censured by Congress (More info) 1939 – The Spanish Civil War ends (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1866 – President Andrew Johnson vetoes a civil rights bill which later becomes the 14th Amendment (More info) 1912 – Japanese cherry trees are planted along the Potomac, giving rise to the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1945 – The battle of Iwo Jima ends (More info) 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – Patrick Henry opposes British policy by declaring, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” (More info) 1839 – The initials “O.K.” are first published in the Boston Morning Post (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1804 – Napoleonic Code is approved in France, giving the country its first post-revolutionary set of laws concerning property, colonial affairs, the family, and individual rights (More info) 1963 – Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay closes down and transfers its last prisoners (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ is published (More info) 1854 – Members of the Whig Party splinter off into a new group they call the Republican Party (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1920 – The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (More info) 1931 – The Nevada legislature legalizes gambling in an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times caused by the Great Depression (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1858 – Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln declares “a house divided against itself cannot stand” (More info) 1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (More info) 1775 – George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army (More info)