This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Look Back This Week July Events From 1787 To 2002
A weekly retrospective lists key events including the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Burr and Hamilton duel, Land Grant Act progress, Lincoln assassination conspirators hanged in 1865, Bryan Cross of Gold nomination in 1896, Hawaii annexation 1898, Iceland occupation 1941, Sicily invasion 1943, Newark riots 1967, Ellsberg case 1974, Vietnam relations 1995, and the 2002 All-Star Game halted after 11 innings with a 7 7 tie in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weehawken
N.J
Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Hawaii
U.S
Iceland
Britain
Sicily
Newark
John Ehrlichman
White House
Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
Vietnam
Milwaukee
Bud Selig