Category: Today In History

Today in History     September 4 Click to watch Albert Schweitzer at his pedal-piano  in Lambarene – with cat and fly. “There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life – music and cats.” 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself “King of Italy”, thus ending the Western Roman...

Today in History   July 31 JEAN DUBUFFET   Maquette zur Lithografie  “Nez carotte” April 23, 1961 30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian’s forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: 6th...

Today in History July 30 An early example of the Volkswagen Beetle 762 – Baghdad is founded. 1609 – Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies. 1626 – An earthquake in Naples, Italy, kills about 10,000 people. 1729...

Today in History ~ July 25 Constantine l 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. 1261 – The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. 1467 – The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively....

Today in History     July 24 The Dust Bowl 1487 – Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign beer. 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI. 1847 – After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt...

Today in History ~ July 23 Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia         photo by Arnold Newman 1958 811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum’s treasury. 1632 – Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France. 1829 – In the United States, William...