Author: mindgames

This Day in History: 1792

The cornerstone is laid for the White House in Washington, D.C..

This Day in History: 1997

John Denver dies when his experimental aircraft crashes into Monterey Bay.

This Day in History: 1975

Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run becomes his first Top 40 hit.

This Day in History: 1845

The United States Naval Academy opens in Annapolis.

This Day in History: 1940

The German Luftwaffe conducts a heavy nighttime air raid on London, piercing St. Paul's.

This Day in History: 1871

The Great Chicago Fire begins, killing up to 300 and destroying over 17,000 buildings.

This Day in History: 1955

Poet Allen Ginsberg reads Howl for the first time in San Francisco.

This Day in History: 1683

The first Mennonites arrive in America, founding Germantown.