Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland* is an 1865…

Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament’s Coercive Acts. The Orangetown Resolutions, adopted on…

Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a leap year with 367 days. Western Samoa (now…

First flight of the Lockheed Vega. The Lockheed Vega was a popular single-engine aircraft produced by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s. It was…

In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.

Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.

NASA’s Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.

In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_University’]

The USA celebrates its Bicentennial. The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events…