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On this day in 1853, Solomon Northrup, a free Black man who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery, legally obtained his freedom. He later wrote about his experiences in Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free…
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On this day in 1990, Panama’s General Manuel Antonio Noriega, after holing up for 10 days at the Vatican embassy in Panama City, surrendered to U.S…
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On This Day In 1980, in a strong reaction to the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter asked the Senate to postpone the…
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On this day in 2006, The execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein took place. Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging after being…
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On this day in 1895, the world’s first commercial movie screening takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste…
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On this day in 1801, Napoleon established the Republic of Lucca after conquering Italy. The Republic of Lucca (Italian: Repubblica di Lucca) was a…
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On this day in 1956, a baby gorilla named Colo entered the world at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, becoming the first-ever gorilla born in captivity. The…
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On this day in 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his British rival, Robert Falcon Scott…
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