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Rosa Parks ignites bus boycott
This day in History: 1955 - In Montgomery, Alabama Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, a violation of the city’s racial segregation laws. The successful Montgomery Bus Boycott , organized by a young Baptist minister named Martin Luther King Jr. , followed Park’s historic act of civil disobedience. “The mother of the civil rights movement,” as Rosa Parks is known, was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1913. She worked as a seamst
“Origin of Species” is published
This day in History: 1859 - On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, a groundbreaking scientific work by British naturalist Charles Darwin, is published in England on November 24, 1859. Darwin’s theory argued that organisms gradually evolve through a process he called “natural selection.” In natural selection, organisms with genetic variations that suit their environment tend to propagate more descendants than organisms of the same species that lack the variat
White House cornerstone laid
This day in History: 1792 - The cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington, D.C . In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the “White House” because its white-gray Virginia freestone contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings. The city of Washington was created to replace Philadelphia as the nation’s capital because of its
Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills first three of seven victims
This day in History: 1982 - Three Chicago area residents become ill and die after ingesting Extra-Strength Tylenol later found to be...
Elvis Presley makes first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”
This day in History: 1956 - The King of Rock and Roll teams up with TV’s reigning variety program, as Elvis Presley appears on “The Ed...
Paris is liberated after four years of Nazi occupation
This day in History: 1944 - After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the...
Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev
This day in History: 1991 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest during a coup by high-ranking members of...
Federal prisoners land on Alcatraz
This day in History: 1934 - A group of federal prisoners classified as “most dangerous” arrives at Alcatraz Island , a 22-acre rocky...
14th Amendment adopted
This day in History: 1868 - Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment , granting...
Preliminary work begins on the Hoover Dam
This day in History: 1930 - Building begins on the future site of the Hoover Dam . Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men...
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