This Day in History

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.

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

Here’s a brief look back in time for this day, April 23. In 1972, Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan is sentenced to death. The former U.S. attorney general was a rockstar politician during his run for president in the 1968 election. After a victorious speech in Los Angeles’ Ambassador

Here’s a brief look back in time for this day, April 22. In 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush begins at noon. Around 50,000 people lined up to claim their stake of the over two million acres that were up for grabs in the western portion of the Indian Territory. Initially,

Here’s a brief look back in time for this day, April 21. In 1895, the Eidoloscope is introduced to the public, creating one of the first mass media inventions. This device allowed an entire room full of viewers to watch motion pictures as opposed to the kinetoscope, which could only

Here’s a brief look back in time for this day, April 19. In 1775, the Battles of Lexington and Concord spark the American Revolution. The Patriots had been organizing militias and acquiring armaments for months in advance as tensions between the American colonies and the British Empire boiled. When word

Here’s a brief look back in time for this day, April 18. In 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes San Francisco, CA, destroying 80% of the city and leaving around 3,000 dead. The San Andreas Fault runs through the majority of the state, where frequent minor quakes occur each time

Here’s a brief look back in time for this day, April 17. In 1961, U.S. invasion forces with the help of Brigade 2506 – which consisted of Cuban exiles – storm the Bay of Pigs in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government. While the invasion kicked off during the

Here’s a brief look back in time for this day, April 16. In 1889, famed actor and director Charlie Chaplin is born in London, England. Having grown up in poverty, he quickly developed comedic skills as a means of survival. He’d join Keystone Studios in 1914 for $175 a week