1790: 1st US census conducted...
1958: US atomic submarine USS Nautilus begins 1st transit of North Pole...
1917: World War I - Battle of Passchendaele begins...
1619: The 1st elective American governing body forms...
1905: US Secretary of War makes secret agreement with...
1943: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm...
1789: US Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs...
1953: Fidel Castro leads a failed attack on the...
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY…1944: World War II – Operation Spring – one of Canada’s bloodiest days, 18,444 casualties and 5,021 killed. The simmering rift between Reps....
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY…1911: American explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas. In the latest chapter of an ongoing Republican-led investigation, Arizona Representative...