WEEK IN HISTORY
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | SEPTEMBER 14
1814 - A young lawyer, Francis Scott Key, pens a poem after watching the British bomb nearby Fort McHenry in Baltimore with military rockets. As dawn broke, he was amazed...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | SEPTEMBER 14
1814 - A young lawyer, Francis Scott Key, pens a poem after watching the British bomb nearby Fort McHenry in Baltimore with military rockets. As dawn broke, he was amazed...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | SEPTEMBER 7
1900 - Galveston, Texas gets obliterated by a hurricane. There were more than 8,000 fatalities and 10,000 left homeless, making it the deadliest natural disaster in US History. 1901 -...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | SEPTEMBER 7
1900 - Galveston, Texas gets obliterated by a hurricane. There were more than 8,000 fatalities and 10,000 left homeless, making it the deadliest natural disaster in US History. 1901 -...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | AUGUST 31
1783 - Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the U.S. as a free, sovereign nation. 1798 - America’s first bank robbery takes place...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | AUGUST 31
1783 - Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the U.S. as a free, sovereign nation. 1798 - America’s first bank robbery takes place...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | AUGUST 24
1784 - Four counties in western North Carolina declare their independence as the state of Franklin. Four years later they rejoin North Carolina for protection from hostile Native Americans. Before...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | AUGUST 24
1784 - Four counties in western North Carolina declare their independence as the state of Franklin. Four years later they rejoin North Carolina for protection from hostile Native Americans. Before...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | AUGUST 17
1590 - The Roanoke Island colony, the first English settlement in the New World, was found abandoned with no trace of the 100 or so colonists. There was no sign...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | AUGUST 17
1590 - The Roanoke Island colony, the first English settlement in the New World, was found abandoned with no trace of the 100 or so colonists. There was no sign...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | AUGUST 10
1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs. 1937 - The electric guitar is patented. The acoustic guitar proved too...
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | AUGUST 10
1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs. 1937 - The electric guitar is patented. The acoustic guitar proved too...