Posts tagged Today in History

On this day in history, the master of fairy tales was born.  Sparked by a childhood reading of The Arabian Nights, Hans Christian Andersen quickly …

On this day in history, a gruesome discovery was made. The San Diego Police Department received an anonymous tip on March 26, 1997, instructing them …

On this day in history, a harrowing search came to an end.  In the early hours of June 5, 2002, Elizabeth Smart was abducted from …

On this day in history, communication changed forever.  While working in Boston at the Pemberton Avenue School for the Deaf, Alexander Graham Bell became obsessed …

On this day in history, science was silenced.  In the eyes of the Roman Inquisition, heliocentricity was a foreign and dangerous concept that undermined God’s …

Once upon a midnight dreary, “The Raven” was published.  Arguably one of the most famous poems in the American literary canon, Edgar Allan Poe reportedly …

On this day in history, the first modern celebrity was born.  There are few historical figures as admired, obsessed over, and mythologized as the British …

Under the steady snow of Prague, a visionary was born.  Rainer Maria Rilke was born in 1875 to an upper-middle-class family, with his father working …

This day in history brought an end to Hell itself.  Across the entire scope of world military history, few battles become synonymous with death incarnate, …

On this day in history, a storytelling heavyweight was born.  The city of Edinburgh has deep roots in the literary world, from being an inspiration …