Category: History Daily
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500 Members of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation Lay Dead After the Worst Massacre of Native Americans by the U.S. military in American History. January 29, 1863.
Image: Massacre survivor Chief Sagwitch and spouse Beawoachee, circa 1875. (Public Domain). On this day in history, January 29, 1863, as many as 500 Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation lay dead after the worst massacre of Native Americans by the U.S. military in American history. Most people have never heard of the Bear River…
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American Gangster Al Capone Died Eight Days After His 48th Birthday. January 25, 1947.
Image: “Scarface” Al Capone is shown here at the Chicago Detective bureau following his arrest on a vagrancy charge as Public Enemy No. 1 On this day in history, January 25, 1947, American gangster Al Capone died eight days after his 48th birthday. After suffering for years from paresis (a late stage of syphilis), which…
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California Governor Gavin Newsom denied the release of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan after 53 years in prison. January 13, 2020.
Image: Mugshot of Sirhan in 2021. On this day in history, January 13, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom denied the release of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan after 53 years in prison. This was Sirhan’s 16th attempt at parole for the June 5, 1968, assassination of the presidential hopeful at the Ambassador Hotel in…
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The FBI Arrested Six Great Brink’s Robbery Gang Members Six Days Before the Statute of Limitations Expired. January 12, 1956.
Image: Present-day North Terminal Garage in Boston, site of the Great Brink’s Robbery in 1950. (Public Domain) On this day in history, January 12, 1956, the FBI arrested six Great Brink’s robbery gang members six days before the statute of limitations expired. One criminal gang member felt that he was being stiffed out of his…
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Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River in Northern Italy and set off a civil war in the Roman Republic. January 10, 49 BCE.
Image: Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon. On this day in history, January 10, 49 BCE, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River in Northern Italy and set off a civil war in the Roman Republic. There had been many civil wars over the previous century in the Roman Republic, yet the one begun by Julius Caesar…
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A Farmer in Bethel, New York, Sued Fellow Farmer Max Yasgur, who Rented Out His Farm for the Woodstock Music and Art Festival, for $35,000 for Damage to Their Properties Caused by the 500,000 Hippies Who Attended the Festival. January 7, 1970.
Image: Opening ceremony at Woodstock. Swami Satchidananda giving the opening speech. (Public Domain) On this date in history, January 7, 1970, a farmer in Bethel, New York, sued fellow farmer Max Yasgur, who rented out his farm for the Woodstock Music and Art Festival, for $35,000 for damage to their properties caused by the 500,000…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 