Category: History Daily
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After a 34-hour barrage by Confederate cannons, Union forces relinquish Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor, thus starting the American Civil War. April 13, 1861
Image: Bombardment of Fort Sumter, a portrait by Currier and Ives On this day in history, April 13, 1861, after a 34-hour barrage by Confederate cannons, Union forces relinquish Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. The first engagement of the war was over, and the only casualty had been a rebel horse. The Union…
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On this day in history, German pianist and composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna at age 56. March 26, 1827.
Image: Ludwig van Beethoven (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 26, 1827, German pianist and composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna at 56. He is widely deemed one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. His groundbreaking compositions blended vocals and instruments, expanding the sonata, symphonies, concertos, and quartets range. His…
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German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is born in the city of Ulm, in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg in the German Empire. March 14, 1879.
Image: Albert Einstein during a lecture in Vienna in 1921. (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 14, 1879, German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is born in the city of Ulm, in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg in the German Empire. The son of a Jewish electrical engineer, Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity…
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On this day in history, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his invention of the telephone. March 7, 1876.
Image: Alexander Graham Bell, his wife Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, and their daughters Elsie (left) and Marian ca. 1885. (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his invention of the telephone. Born from his work on the harmonic telegraph – a device that allowed multiple messages…
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Anne Sullivan began teaching six-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her hearing and sight after a dreadful illness at the age of 19 months. March 3, 1887.
Image: Helen Keller (left) in 1899 with lifelong companion and teacher Anne Sullivan (right). Photo taken by Alexander Graham Bell at his School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech. (Public Domain). On this day in history, March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan began teaching six-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her hearing and sight after a…
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A Mexican force of 6000 soldiers led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a blockade of the fort at the Alamo. February 23, 1836
Image: The Fall of the Alamo (1903) by Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, depicts Davy Crockett wielding his rifle as a club against Mexican troops who have breached the walls of the mission. (Public Domain) On this day in history, February 23, 1836, a Mexican force of 6000 soldiers led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna…
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On this day in history, U.S. Postmaster Frazier B. Baker and his two-year-old daughter Julia Baker were lynched and died at their home in Lake City, South Carolina, after a white mob attack on their home. February 22, 1898.
Image: Lavinia Baker and her five surviving children. A mob of whites had set fire to their house at night and fatally shot and killed her husband, Frazier Baker, and baby girl Julia on February 22, 1898. Left to right: Sarah; Lincoln, Lavinia; Wille; Cora, Rosa. (Public Domain) On this day in history, February 22,…
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