HISTORY

The Tuskegee Airmen are best known for proving during World War II that Black men could be elite fighter pilots.

1265 – First English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of

Founded in 1636 as a citizen force, the U.S. National Guard is a “ready” reserve group of 450,000 men and

The Library of Congress has created a fascinating online resource guide: U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: “I Do Solemnly Swear…” showcasing the

1939 – Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record of 4.4 sec 1940 – The Three Stooges film “You Nazty

Ida B. Wells was a journalist, educator, and early Civil Rights leader, making her mark in the late 19th and

1840 – The Electro-Magnet, and Mechanics Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears 1850 – British blockade Piraeus, Greece, to enforce

1799 – Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed 1832 – Johannes van

1756 – Britain and Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster 1832 – Charles Darwin lands at Porto Prayo in the Cape