June 6 in Pop Culture History
June 6 in Pop Culture History 1844 - The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London. 1882 (Cyclone) More than 100,000 people in Bombay, India were killed. 1889...
June 5 in Pop Culture History
June 5 in Pop Culture History 1851 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin (or Life Among the Lowly) began a ten-month run in the National Era, an...
June 4 in Pop Culture History
June 4 in Pop Culture History 1784 - Elisabeth Thible was the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon, flying for about 45 minutes. 1812 - Following...
June 3 in Pop Culture History
June 3 in Pop Culture History 1621 - The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherland (now eastern US) and the Caribbean. 1888 - The poem Casey...
June 2 in Pop Culture History
June 2 in Pop Culture History 455 - The Sack of Rome: Vandals entered Rome, and plundered the city for several weeks. 1098 - First Crusade: The first Siege of...
June 1 in Pop Culture History
June 1 in Pop Culture History 495 - John Cor made a note referring to the first known batch of Scotch whisky. 1813 - James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of...
May 31 in Pop Culture History
May 31 in Pop Culture History 1279 BC - Ramesses II became pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He may have been the pharaoh involved with Moses. He was the subject of...
May 30 in Pop Culture History
May 30 in Pop Culture History 1431 - At Rouen, Normandy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy. 1631 - Gazette de France, the first French newspaper,...
May 29 in Pop Culture History
May 29 in Pop Culture History 1453 - Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captured Constantinople after a 53-day siege, commonly referred to as The Fall of Constantinople. 1790...
May 28 in Pop Culture History
May 28 in Pop Culture History 585 BC - A solar eclipse occurred, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales. Knowing this exact date helped historians find other...
May 27 in Pop Culture History
May 27 in Pop Culture History 1199 - John (December 24, 1166 - October 19, 1216) became King of England. He's the one who signed The Magna Carta, which was...
May 26 in Pop Culture History
May 26 in Pop Culture History 1293 (Earthquake) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000. 1869 - Boston University was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1896 - Charles Dow published...
Memorial Day is the Last Monday in May
Memorial Day It is a federal holiday in the United States to honor and mourn members of the military who have died while serving in our armed forces. Originally known...
May 25 in Pop Culture History
May 25 in Pop Culture History 1878 - Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opened at the Opera Comique in London. 1935 - At Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,...
May 24 in Pop Culture History
May 24 in Pop Culture History 1775 - John Hancock was elected president of the Second Continental Congress. 1830 - Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale was...
May 23 in Pop Culture History
May 23 in Pop Culture History 1701 - Scottish-born sea captain William Kidd was hanged on the banks of the Thames after being found guilty of piracy and murder. 1911...
May 22 in Pop Culture History
May 22 in Pop Culture History 1455 - England's War of the Roses began when the Yorkists defeated King Henry VI's Lancastrian forces at St. Albans. 1849 - Abraham Lincoln...
May 21 in Pop Culture History
May 21 in Pop Culture History 1863 - Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan. 1955 - George B. Hansburg of Walker Valley, N.Y. was issued a...
May 20 in Pop Culture History
May 20 in Pop Culture History 1873 - Levi Strauss and Jacob W Davis patented (#139,121) copper-riveted jeans, designed to help prevent tears in the fabric. 1883 - Krakatoa began...
May 19 in Pop Culture History
May 19 in Pop Culture History 1780 - This morning, a combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover caused complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and the New...
May 18 in Pop Culture History
May 18 in Pop Culture History 1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet. 1926 - In one of the first Media Frenzy's of Popular Culture, Evangelist...
May 17 in Pop Culture History
May 17 in Pop Culture History 1536 - The annulment of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage. 1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was formed. 1875 - Aristides won...
May 16 in Pop Culture History
May 16 in Pop Culture History 1866 - Root Beer was invented by Charles Elmer Hires in Philadelphia, PA. Annie Get Your Gun (Broadway Musical) Opened on May 16, 1946...
May 15 in Pop Culture History
May 15 in Pop Culture History 1501 - Ottaviano Petrucci opened the first modern-style music publishing house, by producing the first book of music made from movable type, in Venice....
May 14 in Pop Culture History
May 14 in Pop Culture History 1796 - Edward Jenner, a doctor from Gloucestershire, England successfully tested his vaccination for smallpox on eight year old James Phipps. 1804 - Lewis...
May 13 in Pop Culture History
May 13 in Pop Culture History 1607 - English in Virginia founded Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. 1637 - The rounded table knife was created by...
May 12 in Pop Culture History
May 12 in Pop Culture History 1551 - The National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, was founded in Lima, Peru. 1932 - The body of...
May 11 in Pop Culture History
May 11 in Pop Culture History 868 - The first known dated printed book was the Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture. A citation included : "printed on 11 May 868,...
May 10 in Pop Culture History
May 10 in Pop Culture History Mother's Day in Mexico is a set date of May 10th every year, unlike most other countries where it lands on a Sunday. 1503...
May 9 in Pop Culture History
May 9 in Pop Culture History 1662 - Famous puppet Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England. 1865 - The patent (#47,631) was issued to Richard Jordan Gatling...
May 8 in Pop Culture History
May 8 in Pop Culture History 1840 - The first U.S. photographic patent (#1,582) was issued to Alexander S. Wolcott of New York City 1886 - Coca-Cola was first sold...
