On this day in 1834, President Andrew Jackson is censured by the U.S. Senate. “[W]e should not be at all surprised,” one columnist...

On this day in 1749, a future signer of the United States Constitution is born. William Blount would go on to serve as United States...

On this day in 1785, George Washington receives commissioners from Virginia and Maryland. The gathering came to be known as the Mount...

On this day in 1765, Parliament passes the Quartering Act. Huh? What’s a Quartering Act? It’s a name that sounds foreign to modern ears....

On this day in 1775, a member of Parliament rises and gives a speech in the British House of Commons. Edmund Burke urged members to...

On this day in 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin is miraculously saved. Just one day earlier, a Japanese Judy dive bomber had...

On this day in 1945, USS Franklin is attacked by a Japanese dive bomber. Her crew thought she’d surely capsize—but she didn’t. Amazingly,...

On this day in 1766, the Stamp Act is repealed. That Act levied taxes upon American colonists despite our lack of representation in...

On this day in 1781, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse takes place. It was technically a British victory—but only technically. Indeed,...

On this day in 1942, a future Medal of Honor recipient is born in Florida. Clyde E. Lassen would go on to serve in the Vietnam War, and...

On this day in 1978, George Washington is posthumously promoted. It had been more than two centuries since the American Revolution began....

On this day in 1731, a future signer of the Declaration of Independence is born. Robert Treat Paine is another nearly forgotten Founder...

On this day in 1967, a United States Air Force pilot risks his life to save his wingman. Captain John R. “Bob” Pardo would try an...

On this day in 1707, a signer of the Declaration of Independence is born. Maybe you remember seeing Stephen Hopkins's shaky signature on...

On this day in 1945, Americans capture the city of Cologne, Germany. The town had already been shattered by years of aerial raids. Now,...

On this day in 1945, two Marines are killed in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Another Marine is seriously wounded and was lucky to survive. Each...

On this day in 1844, President John Tyler is nearly killed in a cannon explosion. At that moment in our nation’s history, the explosion...

On this day in 1951, the 22nd Amendment is ratified. That amendment prevents U.S. Presidents from being elected to more than two terms in...

On this day in 1947, a future Medal of Honor recipient is born. The action in which Leonard Keller was engaged was so intense that both...

On this day in 1746, founding father Charles Cotesworth Pinckney is born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was one of three well-known...