King C. Gillette born / Elizabeth Cotten born - January 5
King C. Gillette was born on this day in 1855. / On this day in 1893, blues and folk musician Elizabeth Cotten was born near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://w...
5 Jan 20218min
Topsy the Elephant electrocuted / Louis Braille born - January 4
Topsy the Elephant was electrocuted on this day in 1903. / On this day in 1809, French educator Louis Braille, namesake of the Braille reading and writing system, was born. Learn more about your ad-c...
4 Jan 202110min
Lucretia Mott born / Joseph Jenkins Roberts became first president of Liberia - January 3
Lucretia Mott was born on this day in 1793. / On this day in 1848, Black American merchant Joseph Jenkins Roberts was sworn in as the first president of Liberia. Learn more about your ad-choices at h...
3 Jan 202110min
New Planet Vulcan announced / Duquesne Spy Ring sentenced - January 2
A new planet, called Vulcan, was announced on this day in 1860. / On this day in 1942, thirty-three members of a Nazi spy ring headed by Frederick Joubert Duquesne were sentenced to serve time in pris...
2 Jan 202110min
Lorenzo de' Medici born / Frankenstein published - January 1
Lorenzo de' Medici was born on this day in 1449. / On this day in 1818, Mary Shelley's debut novel, "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus," was first published. Learn more about your ad-choices at...
1 Jan 20219min
Theodosia Burr Alston disappeared / Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan borough president - December 31
The ship carrying Theodosia Burr Alston disappeared on this day in 1812. / On this day in 1953, Democrat, Tammany Hall operative, and civil rights advocate Hulan Jack was sworn in as the borough presi...
31 Dec 202011min
Iroquois Theater Fire / Edwin Hubble announced existence of other galaxies - December 30
The Iroquois Theater in Chicago burned on this day in 1903. / On this day in 1924, Edwin Hubble published his observations on the existence of other galaxies for review at an upcoming meeting of the A...
30 Dec 202010min
Wounded Knee Massacre / Guatemalan Civil War ended - December 29
A group of Lakota Sioux were surrounded and a tragic firefight erupted on this day in 1890. / On this day in 1996, the Guatemalan Civil War ended when the Guatemalan president and the Guatemalan Natio...
29 Dec 202011min
