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!
On This Date in History and Birthdays
Highlights span 1431 1498 1539 1883 1942 1961 1963 and 1968 with events from Joan of Arc Columbus de Soto the Brooklyn Bridge Cologne Trujillo and the Dominican Republic East Pakistan Nasser Hussein Nixon and a defense treaty. A birthday note lists Benny Goodman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Joan of Arc
Rouen
France
Christopher Columbus
Spain
New World
Hernando de Soto
Florida
Brooklyn
New York
Cologne
Germany
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
East Pakistan
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
King Hussein
Jordan
Richard M. Nixon
Iran