Archive for December, 2008
This Day In History-December 31st
On this day in history 1879 Thomas Edison demonstrated for the first time in public an electric incandescent lamp.
The first breathalyzer test for drivers was introduced in Indianapolis and called the “drunkometer” in 1938.
This Day In History-December 30th
On this day in history 1853 in what was known as the Gadsden Purchase the U.S. bought around 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico.
This Day In History-December 29th
On this day in history 1170 the Archbishop of Cantebury, Thomas Becket, was murdered a few knights ordered by Henry II.
In the year 1845 Texas became the 28th state in the United States.
This Day In History-December 28th
William F. Semple patented chewing gum on this day in history 1869.
This Day In History-December 27th
In the year 1932 Radio City Music Hall was opened in NYC.
The U.S. announced plans to hold Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on this day in history 2001.
This Day In History-December 26th
In 1865 James H. Mason received a patent for a coffee percolator.
JonBenet Ramsey, a young beauty pageant contestant was found murdered in her home in Boulder, Colorado in 1996.
This Day In History-December 25th
William the Conqueror was crowned King of England on this day in history 1066.
In the year 1776 George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware river and suprised the Hessians.
This Day In History-December 24th
Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese navigator, died in Cochin, India in the year 1524
“Silent Night” was composed in 1818 by Franz Joseph Gruber.
This Day In History-December 23rd
The poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, also known as “Twas the night before Christmas”, written by either Clement C. Moore or Major Henry Livingston, Jr., was published in the Troy Sentinel of New York on this day in history 1823.
In the year 1788, Maryland voted to give up an area of 100-square-mile’s for [...]
This Day In History-December 22nd
In 1772 the first schoolhouse was built west of the Allegheny Mountains in Schoenbrunn, Ohio.
