circa 2,300,000 BCE — The ancestors of humanity leave the trees
The earliest known member of the genus Homo, habilis evolved on the savannah of Africa between 2.5 and 2 million...
October 4, 2024
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May 24, 1543 — Copernicus publishes ‘De revolutionibus orbium coelestium’
Technically, this is actually the date of Copernicus’ death, however, since no authoritative dating other than ‘shortly before his death’...
February 2, 2022
March 4, 1841 — Martin Van Buren’s term as President concludes
Unlike most other Presidents of his era, Martin Van Buren, America’s 9th President, was opposed to slavery. On that basis,...
January 1, 2021
May 29, 1844 — James K. Polk wins the Democratic Party’s Candidacy for U.S. President
This time around, there’s no better way to tell it than with the actual lyrics. All you need is a...
December 24, 2020
July 3, 1845 — The Walker Tariff act is passed by Congress
Largely a repeal of the Black Tariffs put in place in 1842, the Walker Tariff Act (named for Secretary of...
December 9, 2020
June 15, 1846 — The Oregon Treaty is signed
The area known as the Oregon Country originally encompassed a much larger area of land than is now occupied by...
December 4, 2020
August 6, 1846 — The Independent Treasury Act is signed into law
James Knox Polk was the eleventh President of the USA. In 1846, he approved a law restoring the Independent Treasury...
November 29, 2020
January 13, 1847 — The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in California
Along with Texas, California was one of the major battlegrounds in the Mexican-American War of 1846 – 1848, and the...
November 24, 2020
November 22, 1963 — U.S. President John F Kennedy is assassinated
One of the defining events of its era, the assassination of President Kennedy remains a remarkably controversial one, even today....
July 24, 2017
March 7, 1965 — The Selma to Montgomery March begins
The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of civil rights protests held in Alabama during March 1965. The first...
June 9, 2017
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