History: What Happened Today?

1. In 1099, Jerusalem was captured in the First Crusade.
2. In 1789, the "Storming of the Bastille" started the French Revolution when Parisian revolutionaries stormed the Bastille prison and freed seven prisoners inside.
3. In 1853, the first World's Fair opens in New York.
4. In 1867, Alfred Nobel demonstrated dynamite.
5. In 1868, the tape measure is patented by Alvin J. Fellows.
6. In 1946, Dr. Benjamin Spock, M.D. first published his "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care"
7. In 1949, the USSR explodes their first atomic bomb.
8. In 1975, Disney announces plans to build EPCOT Center in Florida. EPCOT stands for: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
9. In 1987, Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law.
10. In 1999, Race-based school busing in Boston, Massachusetts ended after 25 years.
11. Famous Birthdays: Gerald R. Ford Jr. (38th President of the U.S.), Scott Porter (actor), James McNeill Whistler, (American painter), Ingmar Bergman (Swedish director), Taboo (hip-hop artist/Black Eyed Peas), Patrick Kennedy (U.S. Representative), Emmaline Pankhurst (English leader of Women's Suffrage movement), Woody Guthrie (American folk singer), Gustav Klimt (painter)

For famous birthdays and other daily events in history, visit our Daily Dose Activities.

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For more history resources on Internet 4 Classrooms, visit our Social Studies and History index. For Pre K-8th Grade Level History and Social Studies Resources, visit our Grade Level Index.