History Everyday

466: | US President Abraham Lincoln is Shot by John Wilkes Booth |

465: | CIA Launches Mind Control Project MK Ultra |

464: | The American Civil War Begins with The Battle of Fort Sumter |

463: | President Truman Fires General Douglas MacArthur From Command of Forces in Korea |

462: | American B-52 Bombers Begin Bombing North Vietnam |

461: | South Vietnam Army Attempts to Cut Off the Ho Chi Minh Trail |

460: | The Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara |

459: | Operation Ripper: The Korean War |

458: | The Battle of the Alamo: The Texas Revolution |

457: | The Boston Massacre Contributes to the Outbreak of the American Revolution |

456: | The First Congress of the United States Meets in New York City |

455: | A Video Captures The Beating of Rodney King by LAPD |

454: | Wilt Chamberlain Scores 100 Points in an NBA Game Setting League Record |

453: | Yellowstone National Park Opens as the First National Park in the World |

452: | ATF Agents Raid Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas |

451: | Abraham Lincoln Delivers Famous Speech that is Largely Responsible for his Winning of the Presidency |

450: | Napoleon Escapes Exile from the Island of Elba |

449: | Samuel Colt is Awarded US Patent for his Revolver |

448: | The Final State of the Mexican War of Independence From Spain |

447: | Japan Attacks California During WWII |