Today in History

Event:	1610: Galileo first writes of observing moonâ...
The renowned Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist Galileo Galilei, who la...

Event:	1904: Birthdate of Gordon Whyburn, American m...
Gordon Thomas Whyburn served as associate professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins U...

Event:	1789: United States holds first presidential ...
The United States of America held its first election for president on January 7, 1789...

Event:	1903: Zora Neale Hurston, author and folklori...
Zora Neale Hurston left Eatonville, Florida, the all-black town where she was born, a...

Event:	1918: Magician Harry Blackstone's first perfo...
The man born Henry Boughton made his stage debut as Blackstone, World's Master Magici...