Todays History

Queen Victoria selects Ottawa to be the capital of Canada.

British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

The first American YMCA is opened in Boston, Massachusetts.

A game in which the Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New…

Over 30 000 are killed by an earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.

Marie and Pierre Curie announce their discovery and isolation of radium.

Cyclone Tracy wrecks havoc on Christmas Day in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

NORAD start tracking Santa for the first time.

A Visit from St. Nicholas is published.

Pope Innocent I is elected as Pope.