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!
Today in History highlights from 1923 to 2005 events
Highlights include an injunction restraining a sheriff at Jenison Park in 1923, Columbus sailing in 1492, Burr treason trial in 1807, Landis rebuff of White Sox players in 1921, Owens Olympic gold in 1936, Nautilus polar crossing in 1958, Lenny Bruce death in 1966, ABM Treaty ratified in 1972, Reagan era air traffic strike in 1981, Iran-Contra hearings in 1987, Ginsburg nomination in 1993, Arkansas triple execution in 1994, Breyer justice in 1994, Statue of Liberty pedestal reopening in 2004, Marines killed in Iraq in 2005, and note on Snuppy cloning.
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Christopher Columbus
Palos
Spain
Americas
Aaron Burr
Richmond
Virginia
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Chicago White Sox
Black Sox
Jesse Owens
United States
North Pole
Lenny Bruce
Los Angeles
U.S. Senate
Soviet Union
U.S
Ronald Reagan
Senate
Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Arkansas
Stephen G. Breyer
William H. Rehnquist
Vermont
New York City
Ohio
Iraq
Nature
Hwang Woo-suk