Category: History Daily
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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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On this day in history, Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache leader, and medicine man, died of pneumonia. February 17, 1909.
Image: Geronimo (Goyaalé), a Bedonkohe Apache, kneeling with a rifle, 1887. (Public Domain) On this day in history, February 17, 1909, Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache leader and medicine man, died of pneumonia; while riding home on his horse, he was thrown off. He survived the night out in the cold, but Geronimo’s health was deteriorating rapidly…
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The Bombing of Dresden, February 13, 1945.
Image: Dresden viewed from the Rathaus (city hall) in 1945, showing destruction. (Public Domain) On this day in history, February 13, 1945, over 800 Royal Air Force Lancaster’s descended on Dresden, Germany, “the Florence of the Elbe,” and with its lethal cargo, turned the city into a raging inferno killing approximately 25,000 innocent people and completely flattening…
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Nelson Mandela, the leader of the campaign to end South African apartheid, is released from prison by South African President F.W. De Klerk after 27 years behind bars. February 11, 1990.
Image: Nelson Mandela walks to freedom. February 11, 1990. On this day in history, Nelson Mandela, the leader of the campaign to end South African apartheid, is released from prison by South African President F.W. De Klerk after 27 years behind bars. His very dramatic walk from the gates of the Victor Verster Prison in…
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Pitcher Leroy “Satchel” Paige became the first Negro League player to be recommended for the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. February 9, 1971
Image: Leroy “Satchel” Paige, 1948. (Public Domain). On this day in history, February 9, 1971, pitcher Leroy “Satchel” Paige became the first Negro League player to be recommended for the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. In August of that same year, Paige, a pitching legend known for his incredible fastball, dramatic presence,…
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The Beatles departed from London’s Heathrow Airport, destined for America, with 4,000 jubilant fans waving and screaming as the aircraft took off. February 7, 1964.
Image: The Beatles arriving in New York, 7 February 1964. (Public Domain) On this day in history, February 7, 1964, the British singing group, the Beatles, departed from London’s Heathrow Airport with 4,000 jubilant fans waving and screaming as the aircraft took off. Upon landing at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, a boisterous crowd…
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A lady named Anastasia Tschaikovsky, declaring to be the youngest child of the slain Russian Czar Nicholas II, arrives in New York City. February 6, 1928.
Image: Anastasia Tschaikovsky in 1922. (Public Domain) On this day in history, February 6, 1928, a lady named Anastasia Tschaikovsky, declaring to be the youngest child of the slain Russian Czar Nicholas II, arrives in New York City. This woman held a press conference aboard the liner Berengaria, explaining that she was there to have…
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The Great Raid, January 30, 1945 – Part 2
Following are 74 photographs taken during the Raid at Cabanatuan / The Great Raid, which involved the rescue of roughly 500 Allied POWs & Civilians from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines by US Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Philippine guerrillas on January 30, 1945. For more see our entry for January…
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South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, in charge of the national police, executes assumed Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem on a Saigon street early in the Tet Offensive. February 1, 1968.
Image: Eddie Adams’ photograph “Saigon Execution” showing the moment Nguyễn Văn Lém is shot by Nguyễn Ngọc Loan On this day in history, February 1, 1968, South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, in charge of the national police, executes assumed Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem on a Saigon street early in the Tet Offensive.…
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Cole and John Younger, Frank, and Jesse James, and Art McCoy pulled off the first peacetime train robbery in Missouri history at the whistle-stop town of Gads Hill. January 31, 1874.
Image: Jesse and Frank James, 1872. (Public Domain) On this day in history, January 31, 1874, Cole and John Younger, Frank, and Jesse James, and Art McCoy pulled off the first peacetime train robbery in Missouri history at the whistle-stop town of Gads Hill. They would manage to steal $12,000. Fresh from a stagecoach holdup…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 