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Today in History

Posted on October 26, 2016February 5, 2019

740 – An earthquake strikes Constantinople and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city’s land walls and buildings.
1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
1775 – King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorizes a military response to quell the American Revolution.
1776 – Benjamin Franklin departs America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
1825 – The Erie Canal opens: Passage from Albany to Lake Erie.
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
1958 – Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
2002 – Moscow theater hostage crisis: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 170 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.

 Russian troops storm the theater in Moscow in an effort to free the hostages

Russian troops storm the theater in Moscow in an effort to free the hostages

Births
1609 – William Sprague, English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
1854 – C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (d. 1914)
1874 – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art (d. 1948)
1916 – François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (d. 1996)
1947 – Hillary Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State and Democratic nominee of President
1951 – Julian Schnabel, American painter, director, and screenwriter
Deaths
899 – Alfred the Great, English king (b. 849)
1675 – William Sprague, English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
1930 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
1972 – Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)

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