This Day in History

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1849 – Poet-writer Edgar Allan Poe dies at age 40 (More info) 1959 – USSR probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1921 – The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time (More info) 1945 – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers’ studios (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1535 – The first complete English-language Bible, the Coverdale Bible, is printed (More info) 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln declares the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day (More info) 1951 – The “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” one of the greatest moments in sports history, occurs (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 48 BC – Upon landing in Egypt, Roman general and politician Pompey the Great is murdered on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt (More info) 1920 – Eight Chicago White Sox players are indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the so-called Black Sox Scandal (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1580 – Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the globe (More info) 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General is established (More info) 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which proposes to free all slaves of rebel states as of January 1, 1863 (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1780 – American General Benedict Arnold commits treason by giving the British the plans to West Point (More info) 1792 – The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy (More info)

1901 – US President William McKinley dies after a September 6 assassination attempt and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt (More info) 1927 – Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan is killed in a bizarre accident when the enormous silk scarf around her neck gets tangled in the rear hubcaps of her moving car (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1814 – Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America’s national anthem, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ (More info) 1898 – Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film (More info)

overseasvoyager84, flickr  Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:   1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States

Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1966 – The US Supreme Court rules on Miranda v. Arizona, stating police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them (More info) 1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the US Supreme Court (More info)