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!
America Today in History and Notable Births Anniversaries
A historical roundup notes 1778 John Jay named special agent to Spain without success. 1811 Fort Harrison built near Terre Haute after a Tecumseh campaign, with a bourbon christening. 1861 Missouri skirmish casualties total 122 dead, 2 wounded. 1920 Japan signs a 10 year alliance with Germany and Italy. 14 Senate committee recommends censure of Senator McCarthy. 1958 Khrushchev’s US visit ends after Camp David talks on Cold War issues. Birthdays include Alfred Mahan, Thomas Nast, Jerry Casale, Ira Gabnelson, Phil Hauser, Charles Percy. Nearby items cover Baltimore fire, a Democratic movie night in Frederick with Gore as speaker, and a historical note on the first Pullman sleeping car Pioneer.
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Congress
John Jay
Spain
Jay
Joan
Madrid
Terre Haute
John P. Boyd
Tecumseh A
Fort Harrison
39Th
Missouri Regt
Sterling
Centralia
Japan
Aolls
Germany
Italy
Berlin
Senate
Joseph R. McCarth
Premer Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Camp David
Europe
Alfred Thayer Mahan
West Point
N.Y
U.S. Naval Academy
Newport War College
Admiral Mahan
Quogue
Thomas Nast
Landau
Bavaria
New York
Nast
Tammany Hall
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Jerry Casale
Brooklyn
Sears
Ira Noel Gabnelson
Wildlife Management Institute
Sioux Rapids
Iowa
Philp M Hauser
Elog
Ast
Chicago
Freda B Hennock
Federal Communications Commission
Poland
Charles H Percy
Bell & Howell
Pensacola
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Braddock Dine
U. S. 40
US 40
Lews Goldstein
John R Foley Wl
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Young Democratic Club
Frederick
North Market Street
James Mause
Cub
Goodloe E Byron
Baltimore
Elm Street
Alton Bennett
Frederick County