Tag: American History
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The Birmingham Church Bombing Occurred in Alabama, Killing four young Black Girls. September 15, 1963.
Image: The four girls killed in the bombing (clockwise from top left) Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11). (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 15, 1963, the Birmingham Church bombing occurred when an explosive device detonated prior to Sunday morning services at the 16th…
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Wild West Wednesday (a day late) Part 2 – The Death of Outlaw Johnny Ringo
On July 14, 1882, Wild West outlaw Johnny Ringo was found dead, apparently caused by a self-inflicted gunshot, in Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona. John Peters Ringo, known as Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He participated in the Mason County War in Texas,…
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On This Day in History, During the Mexican-American War, the United States Army Under General Winfield Scott Entered Mexico City. September 14, 1847.
Image: The Battle of Chapultepec was a battle between American forces and Mexican forces holding the strategically located Chapultepec Castle just outside Mexico City, fought 13 September 1847 during the Mexican–American War. American forces under General Winfield Scott would enter Mexico City the next day. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 14, 1847,…
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The four-day Uprising at the Maximum-Security Attica Correctional Facility at Buffalo, New York, Ends When Officers Storm the Complex. Thirty-Nine People Died in the Disastrous Assault. September 13, 1971.
Image: The Attica Prison Riot, 1971. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 13, 1971, the four-day uprising at the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility close to Buffalo, New York, ends when hundreds of state and local police officers storm the complex in a hail of gunfire. Thirty-nine people died in the disastrous assault, including…
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General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), along with 25,000 soldiers who had fought in the AEF’s 1st Division on the Western Front parade down Fifth Avenue while New Yorkers showered them with rose petals after Returning From War. September 10, 1919.
Image: General John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 10, 1919, almost one year after an armistice officially ended World War I, New York City holds a parade to welcome home General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), along with 25,000 soldiers who…
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A Japanese Floatplane From the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Submarine I-25 Drops Bombs on an Oregon State Forest to Start a Forest Fire to Divert American War Resources. September 9, 1942.
Image: Nobuo Fujita standing by his Yokosuka E14Y “Glen” seaplane. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 9, 1942, a Japanese floatplane from the Imperial Japanese Navy’s submarine I-25 drops incendiary bombs on an Oregon state forest to start a massive forest fire to divert American war resources. This was the first air attack…
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Wild West Wednesdays Part 1
Today we begin a new series, appearing every Wednesday, profiling one notorious outlaw who was roaming the American Wild West in the late-1800s. I hope that you will enjoy the series as much as I did writing it. Enjoy!. Francis John Wesley Hardin John Wesley Hardin was an Old West outlaw and gunfighter. Hardin was…
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President William McKinley is Shot and Injured at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York. September 6, 1901.
Image: Leon Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a revolver concealed under a cloth rag. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, President William McKinley is shaking hands and greeting visitors at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz walks up to him and fires two shots into his…
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New York Times writer Gilbert Millstein reviews “On the Road,” the second novel (hardly anyone had read the first) by a 35-year-old Columbia Dropout Named Jack Kerouac. September 5, 1957.
Image: Jack Kerouac, 1956. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 5, 1957, New York Times writer Gilbert Millstein reviews “On the Road,” the second novel (hardly anyone had read the first) by a 35-year-old Columbia dropout named Jack Kerouac. “Jack went to bed obscure,” Kerouac’s girlfriend told a journalist, “and woke up famous.”…
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The American Revolution Formally Ended When Delegates of the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and France Signed the Treaty of Paris. September 3, 1783.
Image: Treaty of Paris, a 1783 portrait by Benjamin West depicting the American delegation at the Treaty of Paris, including (left to right): John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin. The British delegation refused to pose, and the portrait was never completed. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 