Today in History

Event:	1859: The Origin of Species published
Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection has chang...

Event:	1639: Jeremiah Horrocks measures the transit ...
Jeremiah Horrocks was an English astronomer and clergyman. Kepler had predicted that ...

Event:	1874: Joseph Glidden granted patent for barbe...
Barbed wire was unmistakably one of the most important inventions for fencing in the ...

Event:	1784: Zachary Taylor, U.S. President
Zachary Taylor was the twelfth President of the United States. He began life in Virgi...

Event:	1938: Clifford Odets' Rocket to the Moon
Philadelphia-born Clifford Odets was the foremost playwright of the 1930s and a found...