26/Jan/1788Australia Day 27/Jan/1921The Imperial Bank of India (State Bank of India) came into existence 28/Jan/1986Challenger explodes 29/Jan/1967The “ultimate high” of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco ...
Nisan, 5629): First Day of Pesach; in the evening count the Omer for the first time. 1869(15th of Nisan, 5629): In New York Temple Emanuel and the Nineteenth-street synagogue were among the Jewish houses of worship holding services on the first day of Passover. 1875: Birthdate of NYC...
He had been chased to the edge. Imports always won. Why bother anymore? Jabez eventually landed in the next great pottery boom town,East Liverpool, OH. There he and his family, like many others, would make their last stand. But on that day in 1834 he surely felt he had lost everythin...
Did you know that January 7 is known as Bobblehead Day? Here you'll learn facts about Jan 7, including events that happened on this day throughout history.
This March 8 – Women’s Day – don’t forget to show respect and appreciation to the most important women in your life. As history has shown us, even the most unlikely of heroines can grow up in the heart of the Middle Kingdom or the middle of nowhere!
A suitcase bomb exploded in San Francisco during a Preparedness Day parade, killing 10 and injuring 40. The attack on the event supporting U.S. entry into World War I was the deadliest in San Francisco history. Two labor leaders, Thomas Mooney and Warren K Billings, were convicted; one sen...
A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Spe...
What might not be obvious now is that in 1799 the loosely-flowing unbound hair of the two ladies on the left would have been somewhat titillating in the eyes of the males of the day. (At the time, grown-up women did not leave their hair completely free-flowing and unadorned in public...
TheWestern Wallwould be off limits to Jews (in spite of the ceasefire agreement granting freedom of access to holy places) until Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six Day War. Kislev 15, 3981 (220 CE): Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi (the “Prince”). Known for his wealth and humility, ...
before his brave mind singled him out conspicuously as a soldier for American war of independence (1775- 1783), Ojo Olatunde Amos had through dint of hard work and uncommon intelligence, made history as the first ever Ilobu- Asake indigene, to become a federal Permanent Secretary in Nigeria...