Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1863 – The Battle of Gettysburg begins (More info)
1867 – Canada becomes a self-governing dominion of Great Britain under the British North America Act (More info)
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope (More info)
1921 – President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States; Taft is the only person to have ever held both offices (More info)
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1613 – The Globe Theatre in London burns down during a performance of ‘Henry VIII’ (More info)
1956 – The Federal-Aid Highway Act officially creates the United States Interstate Highway System (More info)
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1894 – Labor Day becomes an official US holiday (More info)
1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife are assassinated, setting off World War I (More info)
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, is murdered by a mob (More info)
1950 – President Harry S. Truman orders the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War (More info)