On this day, April 14 … 1865: President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.; he would die the next day. Also on this day: 1841: Edgar Allan Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue” is published. 1894: Thomas Edison’s kinetoscope has its first public showing. 1903: Dr. Harry Plotz discovers […]
This Day in History
[LLODO] This Day in History: April 12
On this day, April 12 … 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., at age 63; he is succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman. Also on this day: 1861: The Civil War begins as Confederate forces open fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. 1877: The catcher’s […]
[LLODO] This Day in History: April 9
The parents and the widow of assassinated civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. listen to ceremonies at Morehouse College during a memorial for King shortly after his death, Atlanta, Georgia. L-R: Reverend Martin Luther King Sr., his wife Alberta King, Coretta Scott King, and King Jr.’s daughter Bernice. (Photo by New York Times […]
[LLODO] This Day in History: April 6
On this day, April 6 … 2019: “Woke” culture warning: Former President Barack Obama says, at an Obama Foundation event in Berlin, Germany, that he is worried that progressives are creating a “circular firing squad” as prospective Democratic presidential candidates race to the left on a number of hot topic issues ahead of the 2020 election. […]
[LLODO] This Day in History: March 30
On this day, March 30 … 1981: President Ronald Reagan is shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr.; White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and a District of Columbia police officer, Thomas Delahanty, are also injured. Also on this day: 1822: Florida becomes a […]
[LLODO] This Day in History: March 25
On this day, March 25 … 1965: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. leads 25,000 people to the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery after a five-day march from Selma to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks. Also on this day: 1634: English colonists sent by Lord Baltimore arrive in present-day Maryland. 1865: During […]
[LLODO] This Day in History: March 24
On this day, March 24 … 2018: Spurred by a call to action from student survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 people dead, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rally against gun violence in the streets of the nation’s capital and in cities across the country. Also on […]
[LLODO] This Day in History: March 23
On this day, March 23 … 1998: “Titanic” ties an Academy Awards record by winning 11 Oscars, including best picture, director (James Cameron) and song (”My Heart Will Go On”). Also on this day: 1775: Patrick Henry delivers an address to the Virginia Provincial Convention in which observers say he declares, “Give me liberty, or […]
[LLODO] This Day in History: March 18
Take a look at all of the important historical events that took place on March 18th. (Photo by Getty Images) On this day, March 18 … 2005: Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, remove Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. (Despite the efforts of congressional Republicans to intervene and repeated court appeals by Schiavo’s […]
[LLODO] This Day in History: March 17
On this day, March 17 … 1762: New York City holds its first St. Patrick’s Day parade. Also on this day: 1776: The Revolutionary War Siege of Boston ends as British forces evacuate the city. 1906: President Theodore Roosevelt first likens crusading journalists to a man with “the muckrake in his hand” (“muckrakers”) in a […]