Todays History

Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.

Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred…

The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.

The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England’s most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.

Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.

The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.

Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened.

War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron

Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.

The IBM Personal Computer is released.