Today in Religion

In 1882, Queen Victoria narrowly escaped assassination when Roderick Maclean shot at her while boarding a train in Windsor. By this time, Queen Victoria had […]

In 1587, the parliament confined Puritan English parliamentary leader Sir Peter Wentworth in London Tower. Sir Peter Wentworth joined parliament in 1571. At this time, […]

In 1993, ATF approached the Waco compound, starting a stand off that lasted more than a month. By 1993, David Koresh led the Branch Davidians. […]

In 1693 the first women‘s magazine was published in London, titled “The Ladies Mercury.” A few years before, John Dunton created the Athenian Society with […]

In 1866, the New York Legislature formed the New York City Metropolitan Board of Health. Years before 1866, cholera arrived in New York City. A […]

In 1862 the United States Congress passed the First Legal Tender Act authorizing the United States note into circulation, creating the first legal paper money […]

In 1863, Arizona Territory created. In 1912, Arizona gained statehood as the 48th state in the United States. Only a century before that, Mexico and […]

In 1836, General Santa Anna besieged the Alamo. Texas declared independence from Mexico starting a war in 1835. The war went on for about a […]

On a bet Edward Weston left Boston to walk to Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861. Edward Weston started out as a copyboy for a newspaper. When […]

In 1828, Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper, published and sent out its first paper. After some raising of money the Cherokee Phoenix Newspaper […]