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 major events across years
Key events include Sen Donald Riegle touring Nabisco Lifesaver plant in 1983 to learn about workers and business needs in Michigan, Civil War actions at Fredericksburg, Wilson’s 1918 European visit, Gershwin's An American in Paris debut in 1928, Nanjing fall in 1937, USS Nashville kamikaze damage in 1944, 1977 Evansville basketball plane crash, 1981 Poland martial law, 1996 Kofi Annan selection, 1997 Getty Center opening, 2000 Bush win and Gore concession, 2002 Cardinal Law resignation, 2003 Saddam Hussein captured, and 2008 auto industry crisis options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Riegle
D-Mich
Nabisco/Lifesaver
48Th Street
Riegle
Sen. Riegle
Lifesavers
Jeff Miller
Nabisco/ Lifesaver
Michigan
Ambrose Burnside
Fredericksburg
Woodrow Wilson
France
Europe
George Gershwin
Paris
Carnegie Hall
New York
Nanjing
China
Nashville
Negros Island
Philippines
Air Indiana
University of Evansville
Philadelphia Mint
Poland
Solidarity Labor Movement
U.N. Security Council
Kofi Annan
Ghana
Los Angeles
Getty Center
United States
George W. Bush
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
al Gore
Bernard Law
Boston
Saddam Hussein
U.S
Adwar
Iraq
Tikrit
White House