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The first recorded lottery happened in England at St Paul’s Cathedral in 1569. The lottery has a long history. Almost 400 hundred years earlier, we […]

In 49BC Julius Caesar defied the Roman Senate and crossed the Rubicon River. Julius Caesar had risen in Rome. With his ambition, he obtained the […]

The first hot air balloon flight in the United States occurred in Philadelphia, piloted by Jean Pierre Blanchard in 1793. Jean Pierre Blanchard, a Frenchman, […]

The first President of the United States, George Washington, delivered the first state of the union address in 1790. As the young country continued to […]

Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill in 1714. Most historians credit Henry Mill as the first to conceptualize the typewriter. Yet the first actual device […]

In 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated their telegraph machine in New Jersey. Before 1838, the idea of a telegraph machine was an idea. […]

In 1527, Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, was executed by drowning. Born in Zurich, Felix Manz joined with Ulrich Zwingli […]

In 1519 Martin Luther and Karl von Miltitz met together. Pope Leo X sent Karl von Miltitz as his ambassador to Germany. The pope wanted […]

Bishop Pierre Cauchon received custody of Joan of Arc in 1431. Known for her ability to inspire men to fight, Joan of Arc did not […]

In 1811, the senate censured the United States Senator Timothy Pickering in the first-ever censure of a senator. He revealed publically confidential documents communicated by […]