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This Day in History: May 6

Here's a brief look back in time for this day, May 6. In 1935, in an effort to bring relief to the unemployed amidst the Great Depression, 32nd U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law the Works Progress Administration. The program gave 3 million men and women jobs primarily in the public works sector, which helped build highways, landmarks, libraries, and schools. Other sectors included music, the arts, and historical records. In 1937, an airship carrying 97 occupants suddenly […]

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This Day in History: May 5

Here's a brief look back in time for this day, May 5. In 1862, the Mexican army successfully pushes back against French forces during the Battle of Puebla despite being heavily outnumbered. This victory would unofficially mark Cinco de Mayo (or the Fifth of May) a day of celebration for Mexican heritage, though it's disputed to be more popular in the United States than Mexico due to overmarketing from beer companies. In 1961, Alan Shepard becomes the first American to […]

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This Day in History: May 4

Here's a brief look back in time for this day, May 4. In 1886, a bomb explodes in the middle of Haymarket Square in Chicago during a peaceful protest. This followed the death of two demonstrators and hundreds more injured at the hands of Chicago police. The protestors mostly consisted of German and Bohemian-born migrants who demanded fair wages compared to their American counterparts. The aftermath of the Haymarket Riots left eight dead, dozens injured, and hundreds arrested. To this […]

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This Day in History: April 29

Here's a brief look back in time for this day, April 29. In 1945, approximately 32,000 prisoners are freed from the Dachau concentration camp, which is located near Munich, Germany. The 42nd and 45th Infantry Divisions and the 20th Armored Division of the US Army liberated the camp as the Nazi war machine goes into full retreat. Just before liberation, German guards forced 7,000 prisoners onto a death march towards the town of Tegernsee - a 17 hour walk through […]

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This Day in History: April 28

Here's a brief look back in time for this day, April 28. In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Claretta Petacci, are both shot to death as they attempt an escape to neighboring Switzerland. Mussolini had quickly turned Italy into a regime that rejected democracy and favored a government that doesn't take "no" for an answer. When German dictator Adolf Hitler began his rise to power, Mussolini was quick to form an alliance with the fascist Nazi empire. […]

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This Day in History: April 27

Here's a brief look back in time for this day, April 27. In 1865, the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history occurs in the Mississippi River with the explosion of the Sultana. This happened just after the American Civil War ends and the assassination of 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, meaning that coverage of the event was mostly overshadowed. The Sultana was a steamboat that was carrying released Union POWs back to the northern states. The ship was carrying around […]

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This Day in History: April 26

Here's a brief look back in time for this day, April 26. In 1986, the Chornobyl (or Chernobyl as derived in Russian) nuclear disaster occurs, spreading a trace amount of nuclear toxins across parts of Western Europe and rendering the city of Pripyat and the surrounding areas uninhabitable. The accident happened during a planned test in the middle of the night, as engineers initiated a power-down sequence to conduct a simulation. However, an unexpected amount of power rapidly began to […]

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This Day in History: April 25

Here's a brief look back in time for this day, April 25. In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope is deployed in Earth's low-orbit. Named after famed astronomer Edwin Hubble, the telescope was concepted decades prior in the 1940s as a device that can see distant galaxies without Earth's atmosphere interfering. Hubble is credited as being one of the first scientists to discover the universe being in constant expansion. After years of fighting for funding and figuring out the feasibility of […]

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This Day in History: April 24

Here's a brief look back in time for this day, April 24. In 1800, the Library of Congress is established. 2nd U.S. President John Adams sought to build a collection of books to use as a reference for Congress. The original collection of around 740 were shipped from London. Most of it was burned during the British invasion and subsequent torching of Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812. Thomas Jefferson, shocked by the destruction of such information, decided to […]

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