day in history

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)

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)

Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1942 – Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday (More info) 1963 – Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith (More info)

Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay (More info) 1963 – Alabama Governor George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to keep two blac

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1692 – At the Salem Witch Trials, Bridget Bishop is hanged for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries" (More info) 1793 - Washington replaces Philadelphia as US capital (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1898 - China agrees to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years (More info) 1934 - Donald Duck makes his screen debut in 'The Wise Little Hen' (More info)

Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1861 – Tennessee became the 11th (and last) state to secede from the Union (More info) 1949 – George Orwell's '1984' is published (More info) 1966 - A merger between the National Football League and the American Football League is announced; it takes effect in 1970...

Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1654 – Louis XIV becomes King of France (More info) 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduces a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence (More info) 1862 – The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade (More info) 1896 - In Plessy v...