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In 1865, the House of Representatives finally passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in America. In 1862, Abraham issued the Emancipation Proclamation […]

In 1815 Thomas Jefferson sold his library of 6,500 books to the government to re-establish the Library of Congress. Thomas Jefferson loved books. No subject […]

President Thomas Jefferson appointed John Beckley of Virginia as the first Librarian of Congress in 1802. Though born in England, John Beckley lived in the […]

The first commercial telephone exchange happened in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1878, courtesy of George Coy. Alexander Graham Bell created the working telephone in 1875. […]

In 1880, Thomas Edison patented his electric incandescent lamp. By the late 1800s, many people knew of electricity. Yet no had yet to discover a […]

In 1784, in a letter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as America’s symbol. Before the federal government adopted the bald eagle as the […]

In 1721, Czar Peter the Great ended the Russian-Orthodox Patriarchate and established the Holy Synod. Since 1589, one man ruled the Russian Orthodox Church. Google […]

In 1639, a Connecticut colony organized under Fundamental Orders. Thomas Hooker, a puritan, followed its teaching but disagreed with limiting votes to only church members. […]

In 1789, Georgetown University became the first United States Catholic college. The pope appointed the Jesuit, John Carroll as head of the Catholic Church in […]

In 1905, in St Petersburg, Russia, January 22nd became known as Bloody Sunday. In the early 1900s, the Russian working class suffered. Their wages dropped […]