On This Day Resolve
On this day in 1955, Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Great Britain. This was his second time to serve in the position. He was 80 years old and […]
On this day in 1955, Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Great Britain. This was his second time to serve in the position. He was 80 years old and […]
On this day in 1983, the Challenger space shuttle blasted off on her maiden voyage from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On the same mission, astronauts Donald Peterson and F.S. […]
On this day in 1860, the first Pony Express ride took place. Conceived as a rapid mail delivery system, the Pony Express route was a string of over 160 stations […]
On this day in 2005, Pope John Paul II died in his private apartment in Rome. In many ways, John Paul was a ground-breaking pope. At age 58, he was […]
On this day in 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, which would ban smoking ads on TV and radio the following year. This was no […]
On this day in 1918, Daylight Saving Time went into effect throughout the U.S. for the first time. Robert Garland, a Pittsburgh city councilman, led the charge to implement DST, […]
On this day in 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signed a treaty with Russia to acquire Alaska for $7.2 million—or roughly 2¢ an acre. Though Seward passionately […]
On this day in 1973, the last U.S. fighting troops pulled out of South Vietnam, the result of the Paris Peace Accords held in January. Sadly, the war did not […]
On this day in 1969, Dwight D. Eisenhower died in Washington, D.C. at the age of 78. Eisenhower was known by many names and titles in his lifetime. To his […]
On this day in 1794, the U.S. Congress passed the Naval Act, authorizing the construction of six warships, including the U.S.S. Constitution. The 44-gun Constitution was built in Boston from […]