Todays History

In Carlton County, Minnesota a forest fire kills 453 people.

The Mary Rose, a Tudor ship that sank on July 19, 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, near Portsmouth.

The Great Hurricane of 1780 in the Caribbean kills 20 000 to 30000 people. The Great Hurricane of 1780 was a devastating tropical cyclone that…

Hobart, capital of Tasmania in Australia, is founded.

Th end of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar which is the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years’ War.

The Granite Railway starts operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.

The High Court of Australia sits for the very first time.

The City of Anaheim, California, USA is first founded.

Gutzon Borglum begins his sculpture on Mount Rushmore.

Kintpuash (Captain Jack) is hanged for his part in the Modoc War.