History: What Happened Today?

1. In 1534, Jacques Cartier discovered Prince Edward Islands in Canada.
2. In 1613, William Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down.
3. In 1776, the Virginia State Constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry was the First Governor. Also, the Mission Dolores was founded near San Francisco Bay.
4. In 1916, a Boeing aircraft flies for the first time.
5. In 1927, the first flight from the West Coast arrives in Hawaii.
6. In 1939, the Dixie Clipper completes first commercial plane flight to Europe
7. In 1943, Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe.
8. In 1946, Black Sabbath-British arrest 2,700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorists
9. In 1950, the United States beats England 1-0 in a World Cup soccer game. (Their next win in was to be in 1994.)
10. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in the US Senate.
11. In 1972, the US Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel & unusual.
12. In 1990 - Oakland A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues
13. Earthquakes: In 1991 - 6.0 earthquake hits Southern California and in 1992 - 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits Southern California.
14. In 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
15. In 2007, Apple's iPhones went on sale for the first time!
16. Famous Birthdays: Antoine Saint-Exupery (writer), Fred Grandy (actor and US Congressman), Dan Dierdorf (football player,

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.