Month: January 2024

• Conjoined Twins Daisy and Violet Hilton Died in Charlotte, North Carolina, Due to the Hong Kong Flu. January 4, 1969.

  Image: Daisy and Violet Hilton, 1927. (Public Domain) On this day in history, January 4, 1969, conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton died in Charlotte, North Carolina, due to the Hong Kong flu. Born on February 5, 1908, in Brighton, England, to an unmarried barmaid named Kate Skinner, the twins were born joined at the hips…

  January 4, 2024

  1960s, Conjoined Twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton, History Daily

  1960s, Conjoined Twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton, History Daily

• In Virginia City, Montana, Welterweight Con Orem and heavyweight Hugh O’Neil Brawled for 185 Rounds in a Highly Contested Bare-Knuckle Boxing Match. January 2, 1865.

  Image: On Jan. 7, 1865, the Montana Post dedicated its entire front page to the bare-knuckle fight between Con Orem and Hugh O’Neil. (Public Domain) On this day in history, January 2, 1865, in Virginia City, Montana, welterweight Con Orem and heavyweight Hugh O’Neil brawled for 185 rounds in a highly contested bare-knuckle boxing match.…

  January 2, 2024

  1800s, 185 Rounds, Bare-Knuckle Boxing, Con Orem, History Daily, Hugh O’Neil

  1800s, 185 Rounds, Bare-Knuckle Boxing, Con Orem, History Daily, Hugh O’Neil

• World War 1 in Photographs, Part 2

  When looking through thousands of images of World War I, some of the more striking photos are not of technological wonders or battle-scarred landscapes, but of the human beings caught up in the chaos. The soldiers were men, young and old, and the opportunity to look into their faces and see the emotion, their humanity,…

  January 1, 2024

  1910s, History Daily, photographs, portraits, Prisoners of War, soldiers, World War I

  1910s, History Daily, photographs, portraits, Prisoners of War, soldiers, World War I

• American President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. January 1, 1863.

  Image: First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1864) (Public Domain) On this day in history, January 1, 1863, as the third year of the Civil War approached and the carnage on the battlefield continued, American President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The Proclamation pronounced “that all persons…

  January 1, 2024

  1800s, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved people, History Daily

  1800s, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved people, History Daily