More than 150 Native Americans from the Lakota tribe were killed by U.S. soldiers in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.
The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the earth.
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place between the Earp brothers and a gang of outlaws in Tombstone, Arizona.
The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
The Judiciary Act was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George Washington.
Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a river.
The Donner Party departed Independence, Missouri on their ill-fated journey to California.
The United States table tennis team heralded the era of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ by becoming the first official American delegation to visit China in 20 years.
Times Square in New York was given its name shortly after the offices of The New York Times moved to the area.
23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi
23rd January 2019
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
22nd January 2019
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017