The Boston Tea Party On December 16, 1773, Massachusetts revolutionary Samuel Adams’ Sons of […]
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December 17, 1903: The Day the Wrights got it Right
The First Powered Flight by the Wright Brothers On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright […]
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Picture of the Day: December 14
Millions of Africans were torn from their homelands, herded into ships and sold in […]
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Nez Perce War
When a white settler killed a Nez Perce warrior in 1876, the incident set off a chain of events that led to war.
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Picture of the Day: December 15
Glenn Miller Disappears Over the English Channel On December 15, 1944, Army Air Force […]
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John Wesley Powell: Mapping the Colorado River
In 1869, John Wesley Powell defied the myth of the Colorado River’s invincibility and led the first expedition to navigate through the Grand Canyon.
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Sacagawea: Assisted the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Details of her life remain sketchy, and the time and place of her death are still debated, but the young Indian woman who assisted Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their great journey west has a secure place in history.
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Picture of the Day: December 13
Alvin York Corporal Alvin C. York of Wolf River Valley, Tennessee, was born on […]
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Corps of Discovery: Long March of Lewis and Clark
Long March of Lewis and Clark
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Picture of the Day: December 12
Radio Innovator Guglielmo Marconi Italian scientist and engineer Guglielmo Marconi received the first long-distance […]