Month: August 2023
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Doors Frontman Jim Morrison Goes on Trial for “lewd and lascivious behavior” at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Florida. August 10, 1970.
(Image: A mug shot of Morrison, taken on September 20, 1970. Wikimedia Commons) On this day in history, the Doors frontman Jim Morrison goes on trial for “lewd and lascivious behavior” at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Florida. The charges stem from events at the band’s concert at the Dinner Key Auditorium during a…
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History Daily: August 9
CAPITULATION OF FORT WILLIAM HENRY On August 9, 1757, English Fort William Henry, New York, surrendered to French & Indians troops. Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York. The fort’s construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson in September 1755, during the French and Indian War, as a staging ground for…
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Ex-French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte Sets Sail for Exile to the Mid-Atlantic Island of St. Helena on Board HMS Northumberland, Nearly Two Months After his Defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. August 9, 1815.
(Image: Napoleon on Saint Helena, watercolor by Franz Josef Sandmann, c. 1820. Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, ex-French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile from the coast of England to the mid-Atlantic Island of St. Helena on board the British ship HMS Northumberland, nearly two months after his defeat at the Battle of…
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History Daily: August 8
UNITED STATES ONE DOLLAR BILL On August 8, 1786, the United States Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the monetary unit for the United States of America. Image of the first US one dollar bill (United States Note) issued in 1862 BRIGHAM YOUNG LEADS THE MORMONS On August 8, 1844, Brigham Young is chosen as the head…
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Theodore Roosevelt was Chosen to Run for the Presidency by the Progressive Party, Better Known as the Bull Moose Party. August 7, 1912.
On this day in history, Theodore Roosevelt was chosen to run for the presidency by the Progressive Party, a group of Republicans unsatisfied with the renomination of President William Howard Taft. Better known as the Bull Moose Party, the Progressive Manifesto called for the direct election of U.S. Senators, tariff reduction, woman suffrage, and many…
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History is the exploration of the human past, as explained in written documents left behind by people. The past, with its complex choices and events, participants dead, and history recounted, is what the public understands as the permanent foundation on which historians stand. Whether or not you like history, there’s no rejecting its impact on us. But…
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