This Day in World History

Powered by RedCircle Here are some historical events that occurred on December 24th: 1814: The Treaty of Ghent was signed, officially ending the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. 1865: Several Confederate veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. 1906: Canadian physicist Reginald Fessenden became the first person […]

Powered by RedCircle Here are a few notable historical events that happened on December 23: 1783: George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army to the Congress of the Confederation, then meeting in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. 1913: The Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, was

Powered by RedCircle Here are some major historical events that occurred on December 22: 1807: The Embargo Act, which aimed to force Britain and France to respect American trading rights during the Napoleonic Wars, was signed into law by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. 1851: The first YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) in North America was

Powered by RedCircle  Here are some historical world events that occurred on December 21: 1620: The Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts. 1872: The HMS Challenger expedition, a scientific exploration of the world’s oceans, began. 1913: The first crossword puzzle was published in the New York World newspaper. 1937: Walt Disney’s animated movie “Snow

Powered by RedCircle Here are some historical events that occurred on December 20th: 1803: The United States formally took possession of the Louisiana Territory from France in a ceremony known as the Three Flags Day. 1860: South Carolina became the first state to secede from the United States. 1946: The Christmas classic film “It’s a

Powered by RedCircle Here are some historical events that occurred on December 19th: 1732: Benjamin Franklin first published “Poor Richard’s Almanack” under the pseudonym Richard Saunders. 1777: George Washington’s Continental Army went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the American Revolutionary War. 1843: Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story, “A Christmas Carol,” was first

Powered by RedCircle Here are some historical events that occurred on December 18th: 1620: The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, with Pilgrims aboard. 1787: New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. 1865: The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery. 1912: The Piltdown Man, later discovered

Powered by RedCircle Here are some historical events that occurred on December 17th: 1777: France formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. 1903: Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful powered airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1938: Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission, a significant breakthrough in understanding the structure of

Powered by RedCircle Here are some historical events that happened on December 16: 1773: The Boston Tea Party took place, where American colonists, disguised as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest against the Tea Act. 1777: The United States celebrated its first national Thanksgiving Day. 1838: The Battle of

Powered by RedCircle Here are some historical events that occurred on December 15: 1791: The United States Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, was ratified. 1890: Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. 1939: The film “Gone with the Wind”