Today in History This Day in History 1607 Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony. 1787 In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides. 1804 The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the …
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March 5th • Spring Meeting #1
Today in History This Day in History 1836 Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. 1933 Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections. This later allows the Nazis to pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship. 1934 Daniel Kahneman, Israeli- American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1940 Six high-ranking members of …
December 5th • Fall Meeting #2
Today in History This Day in History 1492 Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic). 1766 In London, James Christie holds his first sale. 1890 Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1976) 1901 Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966) …