Archive for October, 2008
This Day In History-October 31st
On this day in history, 1517, the 95 Theses were posted on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church by Martin Luther starting of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
Nevada became the 36th state in the US on this day in history, 1864.
The hard work done to create the Mount Rushmore monument was completed in [...]
This Day In History-October 30th
In 1534 King Henry VIII was made head of the English church when parliament passed the Act of Supremacy.
On this day in history, 1938, a nationwide panic occured when the radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles aired.
The Marshall Plan in 1953 won General George C. Marshall the Nobel Prize.
Muhammad [...]
This Day In History-October 29th
On this day in history, 1682, William Penn landed in Pennsylvania.
On what became known as Black Tuesday, the New York Stock Exchange crashed in 1929, catalyzing the Great Depression.
In the year 1966 the National Foundation for Women was founded.
At the age of 77 John Glenn, the first man to orbit the Earth, returned to [...]
Obama on Free Trade
Obama says that one of the first things he would do in office would be to call the leaders of Canada and Mexico and try to amend NAFTA. He also says he would eliminate tax breaks for companies who move overseas. He says that America needs to reinvest in companies that are trying to globalize [...]
McCain on Free Trade
McCain voted in favor of NAFTA in 1993. He believes that free trade is vital to the future of America. McCain says that he is the biggest free marketer and free trader that you will ever see. He is still in favor of NAFTA today.
This Day In History-October 28th
On this day in history, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated to New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
Congress overruled President Hoover’s veto on this day in history, 1919, thus passing the Prohibition Act or Volstead Act.
Italy’s government was taken over by Benito Mussolini on this day in history 1922.
In 1962 Nikita Khrushchev [...]
This Day In History-October 27th
On this day in history 1787 the first of the Federalist Papers, calling for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published.
The IRT opened in New York, making it the state’s first rapid transit subway on this day in history 1907.
Eleven years ago today the stock market was forced to close due to the [...]
This Day In History-October 26th
In Philadelphia on this day in history 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned.
O this day in history, 1825, the Erie Canal was opened connecting the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
The first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States was Anwar Sadat in 1975.
In 2005 the Houston Astros were swept by [...]
This Day In History-October 25th
On this day in history, 1400, author Geoffrey Chaucer died in London.
In 1415 on this day in history, the Battle of Agincourt was fought between France and England during the Hundred Year War.
In Great Britain 1760 King George the Third was crowned.
1962 John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Caribbean nation of [...]
This Day In History-October 24th
On this day in history,1931, the George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.
Nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Delaware in the year 1939.
The 40-hour work week went into effect in 1940 under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
The Toronto Blue Jays, 1992, became [...]
