Month: January 2016

Today in History

  1569 – First recorded lottery in England is drawn in St. Paul’s Cathedral 1599 – Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam, Java with pepper, clove, and muskaat 1785 – Continental Congress convenes in New York City 1873 – The first livestock market newspaper published, in Drover’s Journal, Chicago 1879 – Zulu war against British...

January 8th

1675 – New York Fishing Company becomes the first American commercial corporation chartered 1790 – President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address in New York City. The annual message was delivered in person until 1801, when Thomas Jefferson discontinued the practice because it appeared too similar to a monarch making a...
Lewis and Clark Expedition 150 anniversary issue

Today in History

  1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia 1610 – Galileo discovers the first of four Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Although Jupiter has at least sixty-seven moons, these four, known as the Galilean moons, are extremely large. Ganymede, the largest, has a diameter greater than that of the planet Mercury 1714 – Typewriter...